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On This Day: 1st March |
Sunk Today 1907: sv CITY OF BOMBAY
built by Alexander Stephen & Sons Glasgow,
Last Name: Norden (Norwegian)
Previous Names: Bombay
Port of Registry: Glasgow
Propulsion: Sail
Built: 1862
Ship Type: Sailing Vessel
Tonnage: 990t
Length: 212 feet
Breadth: 31 feet 6
Draught: 21 feet 6
Owner History:
George Smith & Sons Glasgow
Status: Sunk - 01/03/1907
Remarks:
Previous update by Paul Strathdee Wrecked St Pierre Seychelles 01/03/1907
Previous update by Colin Campbell
Last updated: by Colin Campbell from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Wrecked Today 1886: ss MISSOURI
built by Charles Connell & Company Scotstoun,
Yard No 121
Propulsion: steam, single screw, 11 knots
Launched: Tuesday, 15 February 1881
Built: 1881
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Ship's Role: Transatlantic: Liverpool - Boston
Tonnage: 5146 grt
Length: 425.6 feet
Breadth: 43.6 feet
Owner History:
G Warren & Co Liverpool
Status: Wrecked - 01/03/1886
Remarks: Maiden voyage Liverpool
Boston 30th May 1881. Wrecked in Caernarvon Bay with no loss of life.
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Sunk Today 1920: ss BOHEMIAN
built by Alexander Stephen & Sons Glasgow,
Yard No 386
Port of Registry: Liverpool
Propulsion: Steam, triple expansion, 807 nhp
Built: 1900
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Ship's Role: Liverpool - Boston
Tonnage: 8548 grt
Length: 512 feet
Breadth: 58.2 feet
Draught: 34.3 feet
Owner History:
F Leyland & Co Liverpool
Status: Sunk - 01/03/1920
Remarks: Sank off Sambro, Nova Scotia whilst en route to Liverpool from Boston with general cargo.
Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Photo supplied by the Joe McMillan Collection
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Wrecked Today 1928: ss INDRAMAYO
built by Charles Connell & Company Scotstoun,
Yard No 266 Engines by David Rowan & Co, Glasgow
Last Name: KONGOSAN MARU (1914)
Port of Registry: Liverpool
Propulsion: Three cylinder triple expansion steam engine, 500nhp, single screw, 11 knots
Launched: Thursday, 20 February 1902
Built: 1902
Ship Type: Refrigerated Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 5200 gross; 3370 net
Length: 410ft 5in
Breadth: 49ft 4in
Owner History:
1902~1914: Indra Line Ltd, Liverpool
1914~1928: Ryoto Kisen K.K
Status: Wrecked - 01/03/1928
Remarks:
20/02/1902: Launched for Indra Line Ltd (T B Royden, managers), Liverpool.
22/03/1902: Delivered.
04/03/1914: Sold to Ryoto Kisen Kabishiki Kaisha, Japan, and renamed KONGOSAN MARU.
01/03/1928: Wrecked on Japanese coast near Osezaki Light.
Previous update by Bruce Biddulph
Last updated: by John Newth from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Wrecked Today 1920: ss GLENORCHY
built by Scotts Greenock,
Yard No 426
Propulsion: steam, triple-expansion, 526 nhp
Built: 1909
Ship Type: Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 4737 tons
Length: 400 feet
Breadth: 52 feet
Draught: 17.8 feet
Status: Wrecked - 01/03/1920
Remarks: Wrecked off Victoria Bar, Brazil, whilst on a voyage from New York to Victoria
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Bombed & Sunk Today 1941: tss INDARRA
built by William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton,
Yard No 966
Last Name: HORAI MARU
Propulsion: Twin quadruple expansion engines fed by seven Scotch boilers.
16.6kts
Launched: Monday, 01 July 1912
Built: 1912
Ship Type: Passenger Vessel
Tonnage: 9735 grt
Length: 450ft
Breadth: 60ft
Draught: 32ft
Owner History:
Australasian United Steam Navigation Company
Royal Belge
Osaka Shosen K.K
Status: Bombed & Sunk - 01/03/1941
Remarks: Sank on the last day of the Battle of Sunda Strait whilst acting as Japanese troopship.
Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Photo supplied by Peter Stewart, from builder's souvenir book
Previous update by Peter Stewart
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Sunk Today 1918: ss CALGARIAN
built by Fairfield Govan,
Yard No 487
Propulsion: steam - Quadruple screw - speed 18 knots
Launched: Saturday, 19 April 1913
Built: 1914
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Ship's Role: Liverpool - Quebec then AMC
Tonnage: 17515 grt
Length: 570 feet
Breadth: 70.3 feet
Owner History:
Allan Line Steamers Ltd Glasgow
Status: Sunk - 01/03/1918
Web site: http://www.greatships.net/calgarian.html
Remarks: Civilian carrer cut short by the war when she was converted to an Armed Merchant Cruiser. Used to blockade the port of Lisbon, later did thesameduty at New York. Torpedoed by U19 off Rathlin Island
Photo from above web page
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Sunk Today 1917: HMS PHEASANT
built by Fairfield Govan,
Yard No 520
Propulsion: 3 shaft Brown Curtis-turbines, 3 Yarrow boilers, 25,000 shp = 34 knots.
Built: 1916
Ship Type: Admiralty M Class Destroyer
Tonnage: 1025 tons
Length: 273 feet 8 inches
Breadth: 26 feet 10 inches
Owner History:
Royal Navy
Status: Sunk - 01/03/1917
Remarks: Mined off the Orkneys
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Torpedoed & Sunk Today 1918: THOMAS COLLARD
built by Fleming & Ferguson Paisley,
Yard No 443
Launched: Wednesday, 11 July 1917
Built: 1917
Ship Type: Naval Trawler
Ship's Role: Strath Class Trawler
Tonnage: 215gt
Length: 123.4ft
Breadth: 22ft
Draught: 12ft
Owner History:
Royal Navy
Status: Torpedoed & Sunk - 01/03/1918
Remarks:
Previous update by Stuart Cameron Sunk North of Rathlin Island
Last updated: by Colin Campbell from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Sunk Today 1940: ss WAR PROPHET
built by Charles Connell & Company Scotstoun,
Yard No 386
Last Name: MIRELLA (1935)
Previous Names: VALLARSA (1919)
Propulsion: steam
Built: 1918
Ship Type: Tanker
Tonnage: 5222 grt
Length: 400 feet
Breadth: 52.3 feet
Owner History:
Shipping Controller (mngr Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co London)
Lloyd Mediterraneo Soc Italiana di Nav Genoa (1919)
Industrie Navale Soc.Anon. Genoa (1935)
Status: Sunk - 01/03/1940
Remarks: Torpedoed by U.20
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Sunk Today 1942: SS AUDACITY
built by George Brown & Company Greenock,
Yard No 149 Engines by Wm. Beardmore & Co. Ltd. Coatbridge
Propulsion: T. 3-cyl. steam engine
Built: 1925
Ship Type: Coaster
Ship's Role: Coaster
Tonnage: 589 grt. 242 nrt. 700 dwt.
Length: 172.8 feet
Breadth: 26.7 feet
Draught: 12.7 feet
Owner History:
F T Everard & Sons
Status: Sunk - 01/03/1942
Remarks:
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
1942 Mined and sunk off the Humber Light Vessel while on passage from Selby to Purfleet with a cargo of palm kernel oil. Previous update by Paul Hunter
Last updated: by Paul Hunter from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Sunk Today 1941: SAN CONRADO
built by Blythswood Shipbuilding Company Scotstoun,
Last Name: SAN CONRADO
Port of Registry: London
Propulsion: Diesel
Built: 1936
Ship Type: Tanker
Tonnage: 7982 grt
Length: 484 feet
Breadth: 59 feet
Owner History:
Eagle Oil Company
Status: Sunk - 01/03/1941
Remarks: War loss
sunk in air attack off Eng.coast
Last updated: by Paul Strathdee from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Scrapped Today 1956: HMS PHOEBE
built by Fairfield Govan,
Yard No 666
Last Name: PHOEBE
Propulsion: Steam turbine 62000hp
Launched: Saturday, 25 March 1939
Built: 1940
Ship Type: Cruiser
Tonnage: 5450 disp
Length: 512 feet
Breadth: 50 feet
Draught: 14 feet
Owner History:
Royal Navy
Status: Scrapped - 01/03/1956
Remarks: Scrapped at Blyth England
Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Scrapped Today 1998: mv BRITISH MONARCH
built by Scotts Greenock,
Yard No 700 Engines by shipbuilder
Last Name: XI QIAO SHAN
Previous Names: GOLDEN SUN/KARAISKAKI
Propulsion: Sulzer oil 2SA 13800bhp 15.5 knots machy aft
Launched: Tuesday, 22 September 1964
Built: 1965
Ship Type: Bulk Carrier
Tonnage: 18616 grt
Length: 610 feet 6
Breadth: 82 feet 10
Draught: 33 feet 4
Owner History:
Scotts (Harrison)
Status: Scrapped - 01/03/1998 China
Remarks:
delivered: 15/01/65
Additional data by Tom Carryette
Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Previous update by Colin Campbell
Last updated: by Colin Campbell from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Scrapped Today 1976: tss BRITISH CONFIDENCE
built by John Brown Clydebank,
Yard No 716 Engines by shipbuilder
Last Name: BRITISH CONFIDENCE
Port of Registry: London
Propulsion: 2 Steam turbines dr geared to sc shaft 18000shp 15.5 knots machy aft
Launched: Wednesday, 17 February 1965
Built: 1965
Ship Type: Tanker
Tonnage: 38119 grt | 64584 grt
Length: 815 feet 8
Breadth: 108 feet 3
Draught: 42 feet 4
Owner History:
British Tanker Company
Status: Scrapped - 01/03/1976 ar Kaohsiung
Remarks: Completed 14 Aug 1965. Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Photo supplied by Colin Campbell
Previous update by Colin Campbell
Last updated: by Colin Campbell from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Scrapped Today 1995: mv MAJESTIC
built by Alexander Stephen & Sons Glasgow,
Yard No 695 Engines by shipbuilder
Last Name: MYKONOS V
Previous Names: 1967-74 MAJESTIC / 1974-78 N.Z. AORANGI / 1978-92 MYKONOS / 1992-95 MYKONOS V
Port of Registry: Southampton
Propulsion: oil 2SA 8cyl (900x1550mm) 17600bhp Sulzer 19 knots / 2 Aux Boilers (1 oil fired, 1 exhaust gas) generating steam at a max pressure 110lbs / Generating Plant - 4 x 440kW@230/440VAC, 60Hz / Max bunker capacity 2760tons heavy fuel oil, 250tons diesel oil.
Launched: Monday, 04 July 1966
Built: 1967
Ship Type: Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 10258 grt | 14433 dwt
Length: 548 feet
Breadth: 74 feet
Draught: 32 feet
Owner History:
1967-74 Shaw Savill & Albion Company Ltd London
1974 Royal Mail Lines Ltd London
1974-78 New Zealand Line Ltd NZ
1978 N.E. Vernicos Shipping Co Ltd Greece
1978-92 Criomar Inc Greece
1992-95 Criomar Inc Panama
Status: Scrapped - 01/03/1995 Alang India
Remarks:
Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Previous update by Colin Campbell
Previous update by Colin Campbell
Additional information &
Photo supplied by Joe McMillan Collection
Last updated: by Gavin Stewart from the original records by Stuart Cameron
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