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On This Day: 5th March |
Wrecked Today 1893: THAMES
built by Barclay Curle & Company Glasgow,
Engines by shipbuilders
Propulsion: 2cy 106hp fitted 1880 compound 60hp by Hawthorns & Co Leith
Built: 1860
Ship Type: Steamship
Tonnage: 454 grt 340n
Length: 180 feet
Breadth: 26 feet
Draught: 14 feet
Owner History:
Carron & Co
Status: Wrecked - 05/03/1893
Remarks: iron ship. wrecked on passage Sligo to Ballina owners then were James Cormack & Co Leith
Last updated: by Colin Campbell from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Sunk Today 1902: ss RUSSIA
built by J & G Thomson Govan,
Engines by J&G Thomson
Last Name: WAESLAND
Port of Registry: Liverpool
Propulsion: 14 knots - 1880 new compound engines fitted - In 1889 Thomson re-engined her again with triple expansion engines.
Launched: Wednesday, 20 March 1867
Built: 1867
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Ship's Role: Translatlantic services
Tonnage: 2960 grt
Length: 358 feet
Breadth: 43 feet
Owner History:
British & North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Status: Sunk - 05/03/1902
Remarks: Cunard's first Transatlantic screw steamer
Sold to the Red Star Line in 1880, renamed WAESLAND and lengthened to 435.1 feet. Lost in collision off Anglesey N Wales
Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Additional data by Bruce Biddulph
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Sunk Today 1905: ARCHIMEDE
built by Alexander Stephen & Sons Glasgow,
Yard No 258
Port of Registry: Rome
Propulsion: Steam
Launched: Tuesday, 22 November 1881
Built: 1881
Ship Type: Steamship
Tonnage: 2837 grt
Length: 340 feet
Breadth: 40 feet
Owner History:
Nav. Gen. Italiana Palermo
Status: Sunk - 05/03/1905
Remarks:
Additional data by Bruce Biddulph
Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Torpedoed & Sunk Today 1917: sv DOWAN HILL
built by Russell & Co Port Glasgow,
Yard No 330
Last Name: SNIG (1916)
Previous Names: EUGENIO BRUNO (1913) DOWAN HILL (1913)
Port of Registry: Glasgow
Propulsion: sail, royals over single top gallant
Launched: Tuesday, 13 June 1893
Built: 1893
Ship Type: Steel 4 Masted Barque
Tonnage: 2115 grt
Length: 280.8ft
Breadth: 40.5ft
Draught: 24.6ft
Owner History:
J R Dickson & Co Glasgow
1900 J.M.Campbell & Son Glasgow
1911 Skibs A/S Dowan Hill (Simon W Marcussen) Askerøn
1915 A/S Manx King Farsund
1918 Sven O Stray & Co Kristiandsand
Status: Torpedoed & Sunk - 05/03/1917
Remarks: Sunk by Uboat 49 northwest of Ireland on a voyage from Belfast to St Thomas.
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Previous update by Colin Campbell
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Torpedoed & Sunk Today 1917: tss COPENHAGEN
built by John Brown Clydebank,
Yard No 380
Last Name: COPENHAGEN
Port of Registry: Harwich
Propulsion: steam, turbines, triple screw, 12000 shp, 22 knots
Built: 1907
Ship Type: Passenger Vessel
Ship's Role: Harwich/Hook of Holland ferry
Tonnage: 2570 grt
Length: 331.3 feet
Breadth: 43.3 feet
Draught: 17.9 feet
Owner History:
Great Eastern Railway Company
Status: Torpedoed & Sunk - 05/03/1917
Remarks: War loss
torpedoed by UC61 off North Hinder Lightship Hook of Holland. Six people were killed.
Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Sunk Today 1918: ss SANWARINE
built by Clyde Shipbuilding Company Port Glasgow,
Yard No 304 Engines by shipbuilder
Last Name: ESTRELLA 1914
Port of Registry: Bergen
Propulsion: T 3cy 217nhp 10 knots
Built: 1912
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 1740 grt
Length: 280 feet 5
Breadth: 42 feet 2
Draught: 16 feet 6
Owner History:
Sanwarine Steamship Company Manchester
Bergen Line (1914)
Shipping Controller (Elder Dempster & Co.) (1917)
Status: Sunk - 05/03/1918 mined off Harwich
Remarks: 20 crewmen killed
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Previous update by Colin Campbell
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Sunk Today 1934: ss GRETAVALE
built by Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co Greenock,
Yard No 369
Last Name: CONCORDIA
Propulsion: steam, triple expansion, 485 nhp
Built: 1917
Ship Type: Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 5388 grt
Length: 410 feet 2
Breadth: 53 feet 5
Draught: 28 feet 4
Owner History:
A Crawford & Co Glasgow
last owners: Donaldson Brothers
Status: Sunk - 05/03/1934
Remarks:
Photo supplied by Colin Campbell
Previous update by Stuart Cameron. Sank after colliding with BLACK EAGLE 40 miles SE of Sable Island whilst on her way to the Clyde with a cargo of grain and cattle from St John.
Previous update by Colin Campbell
Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron
Scrapped Today 1949: ss WANDERER
built by Charles Connell & Company Scotstoun,
Yard No 401 Engines by David Rowan & Co. Ltd. Glasgow
Propulsion: T. 3-cyl
Built: 1925
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 5079grt. 3,152 nrt. 8,030 dwt.
Length: 395.5 feet
Breadth: 52.55 feet
Draught: 30.75 feet
Owner History:
Charente S.S Co Ltd (T & J Harrison) Liverpool
Status: Scrapped - 05/03/1949
Remarks:
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Scrapped by T W Ward Ltd at Milford Haven.
Information from the Joe McMillan Collection.
Photo supplied by Joe McMillan Collection
Previous update by Gavin Stewart
Last updated: by Paul Hunter from the original records by Stuart Cameron
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