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On This Day: 22nd February |
Wrecked Today 1864: ss BOHEMIAN
built by William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton,
Propulsion: steam, direct acting engines, 400 nhp, 13 knots
Launched: Tuesday, 08 February 1859
Built: 1860
Ship Type: Passenger Vessel
Tonnage: 2190 tons
Length: 298.3 feet
Breadth: 38.5 feet
Owner History:
J & A Allan & Co Glasgow
Status: Wrecked - 22/02/1864
Remarks: She left Liverpool on the 4th February 1864 under the command of Capt. Borland bound for Portland, Maine. When she got near to the harbour he misjudged the distance of lights on Cape Elizabeth and grounded her on the rocks and sank in an upright position in four fathoms. All boats were launched and eeryoner reached shore. Apart from one boat, filled with 20 Irish emigrants. Capt Borland and officers remained on board until the morning and all the mails had been saved. Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Sunk Today 1917: sv WANGANUI
built by Alexander Stephen & Sons Glasgow,
Yard No 205
Last Name: BLENHEIM (1889)
Port of Registry: London
Propulsion: Sail
Launched: Thursday, 18 January 1877
Built: 1877
Ship Type: Sailing Vessel
Tonnage: 1077 grt (some sources 1136 grt )
Length: 215 feet
Breadth: 34 feet
Owner History:
New Zealand Shipping Company London
Shaw Saville & Albion (1889)
Status: Sunk - 22/02/1917
Web site: http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com/NZFSC.html
Remarks: Iron construction. Sold to Shaw, Saville & Albion in 1889. Then to Norwegian owners in 1903. Sunk by U
boat 50 30 miles off Fastnet bound to Greenock from Pensacola with pitch pine.
Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Photo supplied by above web page
Previous update by John Newth
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Wrecked Today 1893: ss COANZA
built by John Elder & Co Govan,
Yard No 233
Propulsion: steam, compound engines, 175 nhp
Built: 1880
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 1518 tons
Length: 290.4 feet
Breadth: 36.2 feet
Draught: 18 feet
Owner History:
British & African Steam Navigation Company Edinburgh (Elder Dempster)
Status: Wrecked - 22/02/1893
Remarks: Wrecked on the west coast of Africa whilst carrying general cargo on a voyage from Hamburg
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Torpedoed & Sunk Today 1943: ss CUSTODIAN
built by Charles Connell & Company Scotstoun,
Yard No 252
Last Name: N T NIELSEN-ALONSO
Previous Names: PULCEVERA (1923)
Propulsion: steam, triple expansion, 690 nhp
Built: 1900
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 481.7 feet
Length: 57.2 feet
Breadth: 31.9 feet
Owner History:
T & J Harrison Liverpool
Griffin Leith (1923)
Hvalfangerselsk. Polaris AS (1926)
Status: Torpedoed & Sunk - 22/02/1943
Remarks: Part of Convoy ON 166 she left the Clyde on February 11th 1943 in ballast from Glasgow to New York. She was torpedoed by U
92 resutling in the deaths of three men in the engine room and she took on water. Remaining crew of 50 took to the boats. She was torpedoed a second time by U753 but still refused to sink. She was finished off by the Polish escort BURZA
Photo supplied by Joe McMillan Collection
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Sold for Scrapping Today 1923: HMS CATTISTOCK
built by Clyde Shipbuilding Company Port Glasgow,
Yard No 325
Last Name: CATTISTOCK
Propulsion: Steam.2 shaft, 3-cyl TE, 2 Yarrow boilers, Coal, 1,800ihp giving 16 knots.
Launched: Friday, 21 December 1917
Built: 1918
Ship Type: Minesweeper
Tonnage: 750t
Length: 231ft
Breadth: 28ft
Draught: 7ft
Owner History:
Royal Navy
Status: Sold for Scrapping - 22/02/1923
Remarks: Armament:2 x 12pdr, and 2 x 6pdr, although many had only one of each gun.
Crew 71
Sold to Alloa Shipbreaking Co, Alloa.
With thanks to John Ward McQuaid.
Photo supplied by John Ward
McQuaid
Last updated: by Paul Strathdee from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Sunk Today 1942: mt ADELLEN
built by Blythswood Shipbuilding Company Scotstoun,
Engines by J G Kincaid & Co Ltd Greenock
Propulsion: Oil engine 4S CSA 8cy Machy aft 653 nhp
Built: 1930
Ship Type: Tanker
Tonnage: 7984 grt
Length: 459.7 feet
Breadth: 60 feet
Draught: 34.5ft
Owner History:
Adellen Shipping Company London
Status: Sunk - 22/02/1942
Remarks: Torpedoed in the North Atlantic. 29 crew killed. Previously damaged by mine 26/11/1939 3m East of Tyne Piers then 01/04/1941 Bombed 7cables from Sea Buoy Milford Haven
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Previous update by Bruce Biddulph
Last updated: by Colin Campbell from the original records by Stuart Cameron
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