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On This Day: 4th March |
Sunk Today 1885: ss CITY OF PARIS
built by Tod & McGregor Glasgow,
Yard No 134
Last Name: TONQUIN (1884)
Propulsion: steam. New compound engine by G. Forrester & Co, Liverpool in 1879.
Launched: Wednesday, 13 December 1865
Built: 1865
Ship Type: Passenger Vessel
Ship's Role: Transatlantic voyages
Tonnage: 2556 grt
Length: 346 feet
Breadth: 40.4 feet
Owner History:
Inman Line Liverpool
Status: Sunk - 04/03/1885
Remarks: Maiden voyage Liverpool
Queenstown
New York 21st March 1866. She broke the records for the passage to Halifax from Queenstown in August of 1869. The following yearshe had an extensive rebuild, her tonnage increased to 3500 grt and lengthened to 398 feet. Sold in 1884 to French owners she was sunk the following year after a collision off Malaga.
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Sunk Today 1907: CONGO
built by David J Dunlop Port Glasgow,
Yard No 165 Engines by By Builders
Port of Registry: LIVERPOOL
Propulsion: C2 cyl. 175 hp. 10 Knots
Built: 1882
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 1,689 grt.
Length: 300.7 feet
Breadth: 36.2 feet
Draught: 19.6 feet
Owner History:
British & African Steam Navigation Company Edinburgh
Status: Sunk - 04/03/1907
Remarks: Sank in collision with SS LESTIS off Borkum, while on passage from Hamburg to Genoa.
Photo from E.D.Fleet History
Previous update by Paul Hunter
Last updated: by Paul Hunter from the original records by Stuart Cameron
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Sunk Today 1941: ss MIRA
built by A & J Inglis Pointhouse Glasgow,
Yard No 219
Propulsion: steam, triple expansion, 188 nhp
Built: 1891
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 1152 tons
Length: 221.7 feet
Breadth: 30 feet
Draught: 15.1 feet
Owner History:
Bergenske Dampskibs
Status: Sunk - 04/03/1941
Remarks: Sunk by gunfire during a naval raid on the Lofoten Islands.
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Torpedoed & Sunk Today 1918: ss GOODWIN
built by London & Glasgow Eng & Iron Shipbuilding Co,
Yard No 278
Last Name: ANTIOCO ACCAME (1912)
Propulsion: triple expansion 350 nhp
Launched: Friday, 22 February 1895
Built: 1895
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 4439 grt
Length: 391.8 feet
Breadth: 46.6 feet
Draught: 27.9 feet
Owner History:
Clyde Shipping Company Glasgow
Status: Torpedoed & Sunk - 04/03/1918
Remarks: Torpedoed by German submarine west of Gibralter.
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Previous update by Colin Campbell
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Scrapped Today 1947: HMS WINDSOR
built by Scotts Greenock,
Yard No 486
Propulsion: geared turbines, two shafts, 30000 HP, 34 knots
Launched: Friday, 21 June 1918
Built: 1918
Ship Type: V & W Class Destroyer
Tonnage: 1188 tons
Length: 312 feet
Owner History:
Royal Navy
Status: Scrapped - 04/03/1947
Remarks: Pressed into service as a short range escort in WW2 as the navy made use of every available ship. This destroyer took the Netherlands government to the UK on the 13th May 1940, three days after their country was invaded by Germany.
She was sold on the above date for scrap
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Scrapped Today 1947: HMS VANITY
built by Wm Beardmore & Company Dalmuir,
Yard No 570
Last Name: VANITY
Propulsion: Steam, geared turbines, 2 shafts, 30000 HP, 34 knots
Launched: Friday, 03 May 1918
Built: 1918
Ship Type: Destroyer
Tonnage: 1188 tons
Length: 312 feet
Owner History:
Royal Navy
Status: Scrapped - 04/03/1947
Remarks: Converted to a fast escort in 1940.
Sold for scrap on above date
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Sunk Today 1949: ss INDEPENDANCE
built by Ardrossan Drydock & Shipbuilding Co,
Yard No 302
Last Name: GUARAREMA (1939)
Previous Names: 1921-29 MAVIS / 29-39 SOUND FISHER
Built: 1919
Ship Type: Coaster
Tonnage: 501grt
Owner History:
1919-21 M Smits & Co, Antwerp
1921-29 General S N Co Ltd, London
1929-39 Empreza Internacional De Tpts Ltda, Rio De Janeiro
Status: Sunk - 04/03/1949
Remarks:
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Launched as "WAR AVON" for The Shipping Controller but completed as "INDEPENDANCE".
Sunk in collision with ss Britannia inside Santos Bar off Ilha Des Palmas in posn 29,59S 46,19W.
Jan 06 Information from Joe McMillan Collection.
Photo supplied by Joe McMillan Collection
Previous update by Gavin Stewart
Last updated: by Gavin Stewart from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Torpedoed & Sunk Today 1945: ss WAR HERMIT
built by John Brown Clydebank,
Yard No 469
Last Name: PALEMBANG MARU (1942)
Previous Names: MINDANAO (1938) ANATINA (1921)
Propulsion: steam, triple expansion, 489 nhp
Launched: Thursday, 28 March 1918
Built: 1919
Ship Type: Tanker
Tonnage: 5236 tons
Length: 400.7 feet
Breadth: 52.3 feet
Draught: 28.5 feet
Owner History:
Ministry of Shipping (mngrs Anglo Saxon Petroleum)
Anglo Saxon Petroleum (1919)
Skibs AS Anatina (M.C.Stray) Christiansand (1927)
Fernandos Hermanos Manila (1938)
Japanese Government (1942)
Status: Torpedoed & Sunk - 04/03/1945
Remarks: A ship with two lives. On 10th February 1942 as the MINDANAO she was bombed by Japanese aircraft and sank. The Japanese raised her and renamed her PALEMBANG MARU the same year. But USS BAYA would sink her in 1945
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Additional data by Paul Strathdee
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Scrapped Today 1947: HMS VERITY
built by John Brown Clydebank,
Yard No 483
Propulsion: steam, geared turbines, 2 shafts, 34 knots
Launched: Wednesday, 19 March 1919
Built: 1919
Ship Type: Modified W Destroyer
Tonnage: 1188 tons
Length: 312 feet
Owner History:
Royal Navy
Status: Scrapped - 04/03/1947 sold
Remarks: Reconstructed as Long Range Escort in 1943.
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Sunk Today 1940: mv PACIFIC RELIANCE
built by Blythswood Shipbuilding Company Scotstoun,
Engines by Kincaid, Greenock
Last Name: PACIFIC RELIANCE
Port of Registry: London
Propulsion: Twin screw, two 8 clylinder, 4 stroke, SA H&W type diesels. 4000 ihp - service speed 13 knots
Launched: Tuesday, 28 June 1927
Built: 1927
Ship Type: Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 6717 grt
Length: 451 feet
Breadth: 60 feet
Draught: 42 feet
Owner History:
Furness Withy & Co London
Status: Sunk - 04/03/1940
Remarks: One of a group of six vessels built for the company. Four were at Blytheswood, two from German yards. War loss
torpedoed off Cornwall by U29.
Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Photo supplied by Bruce Biddulph
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Torpedoed & Sunk Today 1942: ss BENMOHR
built by Charles Connell & Company Scotstoun,
Yard No 411
Built: 1928
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 5920grt
Owner History:
The Ben Line Steamers Ltd Leith
Status: Torpedoed & Sunk - 04/03/1942
Remarks:
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Torpedoed and sunk by U505 in posn 06,05N 14,15W on voyage Bombay to Liverpool via The Cape.
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 1941: mv ANONITY
built by George Brown & Company Greenock,
Yard No 194 Engines by Newbury Diesel Co Ltd
Propulsion: 2sk SA 3cy 84nhp oil engine
Launched: Wednesday, 29 January 1936
Built: 1936
Ship Type: Coaster
Tonnage: 303 grt 141n
Length: 116 feet
Breadth: 25 feet 5
Draught: 9 feet 9
Owner History:
F T Everard & Sons
Status: Sunk - 04/03/1941
Remarks:
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Previous update by Colin Campbell
1936 Mined and sunk 1.5 miles south east of Skegness Pier while on passage from Billingham to Boston with a cargo of fertilizer.
Previous update by Paul Hunter
Last updated: by Paul Hunter from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Torpedoed & Sunk Today 1943: ss MARIETTA E
built by William Hamilton & Co Port Glasgow,
Yard No 439
Propulsion: steam, triple expansion, 520 nhp
Built: 1940
Ship Type: Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 7628 tons
Length: 421.1 feet
Breadth: 60.4 feet
Draught: 35.8 feet
Owner History:
Ruthi & Kuluku (Leith Hill Shipping Co)
Status: Torpedoed & Sunk - 04/03/1943
Remarks: Torpedoed by submarine soon after leaving Durban. Nine of her crew lost.
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Scrapped Today 2005: mv CHIEFTAIN
built by Scotts Bowling,
Yard No 437 Engines by Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz Koln
Last Name: WARM SEAS IV
Previous Names: CHIEF R
Port of Registry: Mina Khalid
Propulsion: Oil 2SA 8cy 12.5 knots
Launched: Thursday, 14 March 1968
Built: 1968
Ship Type: Tug
Ship's Role: Harbour towage
Tonnage: 205 grt
Length: 112 feet 4
Breadth: 28 feet 11
Draught: 12 feet 0
Owner History:
Steel & Bennie Ltd Glasgow
Status: Scrapped - 04/03/2005
Remarks: Latterly under United Arab Emirates registry.Scrapped at Alang.With thanks to Piet van Damme
Previous update by Colin Campbell
Photo supplied by Paul Strathdee
Previous update by Colin Campbell
Last updated: by Paul Strathdee from the original records by Stuart Cameron
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