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On This Day: 16th December |
Notable events involving Clydebuilt ships 16th December:
Sunk Today 1879 BENLEDI
built by Barclay Curle & Company Glasgow,
Yard No 170
Port of Registry: Glasgow
Launched: Thursday, 27 February 1868
Built: 1868
Ship Type: Sailing Vessel
Tonnage: 1107 grt
Length: 218 feet
Breadth: 34 feet
Owner History:
Watson Brothers
Status: Sunk - 16/12/1879
Remarks: Vessel stranded on Pelsart Shoal Island and "became a complete wreck"
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Last updated: by John D Stevenson from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Sunk Today 1944 WAR DIWAN
built by Lithgows Port Glasgow,
Yard No 718
Launched: Saturday, 28 June 1919
Built: 1916
Ship Type: Tanker
Owner History:
Ministry of Shipping
Status: Sunk - 16/12/1944
Remarks: mined off the Scheldt estuary
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Last updated: by Brian Hargreaves from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Sunk Today 1942
 ss OBSERVER
built by Charles Connell & Company Scotstoun,
Yard No 410
Propulsion: steam, turbine, 13 knots
Built: 1928
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 5881 grt
Length: 420 feet
Breadth: 54.5 feet
Draught: 30.4 feet
Owner History:
Charente S.S Co Ltd (T & J Harrison) Liverpool
Status: Torpedoed & Sunk - 16/12/1942
Remarks: Whilst under command of Capt J Davidson, she was sunk by Uboat 350 miles of Cape San Roque, Brazil. Out of her crew of 81, 66, including her captain, were killed.
Previous update by Bruce Biddulph
U176 responsible for forementioned attack in posn 05,30S 31,00W.
Vessel on voyage from Table Bay to Baltimore with chrome ore.
Additional information from Joe McMillan Collection.
Photo supplied by Joe McMillan Collection
Last updated: by Gavin Stewart from the original records by Stuart Cameron
 Sunk Today 1940 WESTERN PRINCE
built by Napier & Miller Old Kilpatrick,
Yard No 267
Propulsion: 16.5 knots
Launched: Thursday, 20 June 1929
Built: 1929
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 10926 grt
Length: 514 feet
Breadth: 64 feet 11 inches
Owner History:
Prince Line
Status: Torpedoed & Sunk - 16/12/1940
Web site: http://www.clydeshipping.co.uk/viewpic.asp?id=899&album=Napier+%26+Miller+%2D+Clyde+Shipbuilders
Remarks: Sister of the EASTERN PRINCE
Torpedoed by U
boat 96 after departing New York on the 12th December about 400 miles west of the Orkneys. 16 lives lost, 154 rescued.
4 Vessels of this class were built, the other two being NORTHERN and SOUTHERN PRINCE at Lithgows
Photo supplied by Stuart Cameron on above web page
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
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