On This Day: 6th of December

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On This Day: 6th December

Notable events involving Clydebuilt ships 6th December:

Sunk Today 1875 ss DEUTSCHLAND
built by Caird & Company Greenock,
Yard No 132
Propulsion: steam - single screw - 11 knots
Launched: Tuesday, 29 May 1866
Built: 1866
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 2800 grt
Length: 325 feet
Breadth: 40 feet
Owner History:
Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen
Status: Sunk - 06/12/1875

Remarks: Maiden voyage on 14th October 1866 Bremen for Southampton and New York. Wrecked off Kentish Knock in the Thames Estuary with the loss of 157 lives

Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron

Maiden Voyage Today 1884 ss CARTHAGINIAN
built by Dobie & Company Govan,
Yard No 140
Launched: Thursday, 09 October 1884
Built: 1884
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Ship's Role: Transatlantic liner - Glasgow - Canada
Tonnage: 4444 grt
Length: 386.4 feet
Breadth: 45.2 feet
Owner History:
Allan Line Steamships Ltd Glasgow - 1915 Canadian Pacific Line
Status: Sunk - 1917
Web site: http://www.library.mun.ca/qeii/cns/photos/geog300.php
Remarks: Completed by Govan Shipbuilding Co
Maiden voyage Glasgow
Boston 6th December 1884. Reboilered 1901
Taken over by Candadian Pacific in 1915. Mine and sunk off Innistrahull in 1917 with no loss of life. With thanks to Ian Buxton
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Photo supplied by above web page
Previous update by Bruce Biddulph

Last updated: by Paul Strathdee from the original records by Stuart Cameron

Sunk Today 1911 CHESAPEAKE
built by David J Dunlop Port Glasgow,
Yard No 225
Built: 1895
Ship Type: Tanker
Length: 370 feet
Breadth: 47 feet
Owner History:
Anglo-American Oil Company
Status: Sunk - 06/12/1911
Web site: http://visseraa.topcities.com/UK/id121.htm
Remarks:
Photo supplied by above web page
Abandoneed after a fire in the North Atlantic

Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron

Sunk Today mv SUPREMITY
built by George Brown & Company Greenock,
Yard No 211
Engines by Newbury Diesel Co Ltd
Propulsion: 2sk SA 139nhp 5cy oil engine
Launched: Friday, 29 September 1939
Built: 1939
Ship Type: Coaster
Tonnage: 554 grt 287n
Length: 167 feet
Breadth: 27 feet 6
Draught: 11 feet 3
Owner History:
F T Everard & Sons
Status: Sunk - 06/12/1940

Remarks:
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Previous update by Colin Campbell
1940 Mined and sunk in the River Thames near the East Oaze Buoy while on passage from Blyth to Greenhithe with a cargo of coal
Previous update by Paul Hunter

Last updated: by Paul Hunter from the original records by Stuart Cameron

Arrived Gijon for Scrapping Today 1978 tss NORMANNIA

built by William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton,
Yard No 1454
Engines by shipbuilder
Port of Registry: Southampton
Propulsion: 2 Steam turbine dr geared 8000shp 19 knots Twin screw
Launched: Thursday, 19 July 1951
Built: 1952
Ship Type: Passenger Vessel
Ship's Role: Cross Channel Ferry
Tonnage: 2219 grt
Length: 309 feet
Breadth: 50 feet
Draught: 13 feet
Owner History:
British Transport Commission
Status: Scrapped - 1978 Gijon arr 06/12/1978
www.photo-transport.co.uk/.../ weymouth.htm
Remarks: Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Photo from above website.
Previous update by Bruce Biddulph Entered service Southampton/Le Havre 03/12/1963.Relievedon Weymouth/Channel Islands Final sailing from Le Havre 03/12/1963.Converted to stern loading drive on car ferry at Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn/Tyne to take 111cars and500pasgrs Reentered service Dover/Boulogne. Started Holyhead/Dun laoghaire car ferry service 09/07/1964.Laid up Newhaven 1977 reported sold to Arab interest and Panama was painted on her stern. Sols Spanish breakers 1978
Photo supplied by above website

Last updated: by Colin Campbell from the original records by Stuart Cameron

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