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On This Day: 10th December |
Notable events involving Clydebuilt ships 10th December:
Sunk Today 1915 ss Arawa
built by William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton,
Yard No 282 Engines by shipbuilders
Last Name: ARAWA
Previous Names: COLON LAKE MEGANTIC PORT HENDERSON ANAPO
Propulsion: first two crank triple expansion engine by Denny 800hp 14 knots
LP cylinders 71 in diam
MP cylinders 61 in diam
HP cylinders 37 in diam
160psi working pressure
Launched: Wednesday, 25 June 1884
Built: 1884
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 5026
Length: 439 feet
Breadth: 46 feet 3
Draught: 28 feet 9
Owner History:
Shaw Savill & Albion
Status: Torpedoed & Sunk - 10/12/1915
Remarks: Yard's first ship over 5000 tons gross.
Previous update by Bruce Biddulph. Sunk in Mediteranean
Previous update by Peter Stewart
Last updated: by Colin Campbell from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Scrapped Today ss SOMALI
built by Caird & Company Greenock,
Yard No 298
Last Name: SOMALI
Port of Registry: London
Propulsion: Steam triple exp.
Built: 1901
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 6708 grt
Length: 450 feet
Breadth: 52 feet
Owner History:
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Status: Scrapped - 10/12/1923
Web site: http://www.simplonpc.co.uk
Remarks: Scrapped at Copenhagen Denmark
Photo supplied by above web page
Last updated: by Paul Strathdee from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Sunk Today 1941
 HMS REPULSE
built by John Brown Clydebank,
Yard No 443
Last Name: REPULSE
Propulsion: Steam turbine 112000hp
Launched: Saturday, 08 January 1916
Built: 1916
Ship Type: Battlecruiser
Tonnage: 32000 disp
Length: 794 feet
Breadth: 103 extreme
Draught: 27 feet
Owner History:
Royal Navy
Status: Sunk - 10/12/1941
Remarks: War loss.Sunk by Japanese aerial attack off Malaya with PRINCE OF WALES
Additional data by Paul Strathdee
Photo supplied by Bruce Biddulph
Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Last updated: by Colin Campbell from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Scrapped Today ex mv LAIRDSGLEN
built by Ardrossan Dockyard,
Yard No 415 Engines by George Clark (1938) Ltd, Sunderland
Last Name: DEVON EXPRESS (1974)
Propulsion: 2x2S CSA 6cy (480 x 700mm) oil engines twin screw, 2860bhp, 14knots.
Generating Plant 3 x 110kW & 1 x 15kW @ 220VDC.
Max Bunker Capacity 130tons
Launched: Tuesday, 09 March 1954
Built: 1954
Ship Type: Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 1496 grt | 1875 dwt
Length: 298 feet
Breadth: 43 feet
Draught: 17 feet
Owner History:
1954-73 Burns Laird Lines Ltd, Glasgow
1973-74 Belfast S.S Co Ltd, GB
1974-75 Frans Buitelaar Ltd, GB
1975-83 Livestock Carriers Inc, Liberia
Status: Arrived for Scrapping - 10/12/1983
Remarks: Converted to pure livestock carrier.
Picture supplied by Colin Campbell
Previous update by Colin Campbell
Scrapped at Cartagena, Colombia.
Additional information from Joe McMillan Collection & Lloyds Register 1970_71.
Previous update by Gavin Stewart
Last updated: by Paul Strathdee from the original records by Stuart Cameron
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