Paceco Corp. edit

Glengarry edit

History
Name
  • Glengarry (1939-1940)
  • Meersburg (1940-1944)
  • Hansa (1944-1945)
  • Empire Humber (1945-1946)
  • Glengarry (1946-1970)
  • Dardanus (1970-1971)
  • Glengarry (1971)
Operator
  • Glen Line, Glasgow (1939-1940, 1946-1971)
  • German Navy (1940-1945)
  • Ministry of War Transport, London (1945-1946)
BuilderBurmeister & Wain, Copenhagen
Yard number643
Launched6 November 1939
StatusScrapped in 1971
General characteristics
Length154.5 m
Beam20.2 m

Empire Humber was a 9,677 GRT cargo ship which was built by Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen. Launched in 1939 as Glengarry for Glen Line Ltd, London. Seized in April 1940 as a war prize by Germany. Served with the Kriegsmarine. Renamed Meerberg in October 1940. Chosen for conversion to a raider in April 1941, given the code name Schiff No 5. Intended to be armed with eight 150 mm (5.9 in), two 80 mm (3.1 in) guns, torpedo tubes an aircraft catapult and space for 150 mines. Sent to the Wilton Fijenoord shipyard in June 1941 for conversion to be carried out but still there in June 1943. Moved to Hamburg for installation of secret equipment. Still not completed by October 1943 when she was due to have entered service.

Renamed Hansa on 10 February 1944 and commissioned as a training ship. Took part in the evacuation of Revel, Estonia in September 1944. In May 1945 she embarked several thousand German troops at Hela destined for the Bay of Lübeck. These troops were still aboard when Hansa was seized as a war prize at Kiel. Hansa was ordered to Methil in June 1945. She was the only ship in the convoy of some forty ships that flew her national flag, the others all flying the flag of surrender. Hansa was considered by the Admiralty to be a war prize, but she was allocated the name Empire Humber by the MoWT. She was ordered to Rotterdam for conversion to a Combined Operations HQ ship for service in the Pacific. Empire Humber was then laid up in Southampton. Japan surrendered during her lay-up and Empire Humber was arrested on behalf of the Admiralty Marshal, the writ being nailed to the captain's cabin door. Glen Line Ltd, who were managing her for the MoWT ordered her to Gareloch. Despite the representative of the Admiralty insisting that she could not sail, she left Southampton in breach of maritime law. The issue of whether or not she was a war prize was not pursued. In 1946, Empire Humber was returned to Glen Line Ltd and renamed Glengarry. She was transferred to Ocean Steamship Co Ltd in 1970 and renamed Dardanus. She was renamed Glengarry in 1971 for her final voyage to shipbreakers at Sakaide, Japan.

References edit


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BAN-RIGH edit

History
General characteristics

The Ban Righ was originally a British merchantman , in 1901 by a Venezuelan revolutionary committee was bought in London to the government of Cipriano Castro overthrow. In Antwerp , the steamer was with four guns equipped and in a warship converted. The crew, including the commander , Willis, consisted of mercenaries , including a French artillery - captain , who oversaw the installation of the guns on board and quasi served as an artillery officer of the Ban Righ. The name "Ban Righ" is Scottish (read: Benn Rih), meaning "The female king", ie queen.

In Martinique a revolution troops were taken on board. From late 1901 to March 1902 was operating the Ban Righ, the ("The Liberator") was now in Libertador been renamed to the Venezuelan coast and was among others the gunboat government Restaurador under the command of Román Delgado Chalbaud hunted. On 7 February 1902 shot the Libertador before La Vela de Coro , the Government gunboat General Crespo under the leadership of General Pedro Rivero Sotero to the wreck. Due to a defective boiler rebel steamer had in March 1903 Cartagena , Colombia spin up and decommissioned. Perhaps the boiler were due to bribery by the Venezuelan Consul in Cartagena by sabotage been rendered useless.

Apparently, the steamer was purchased in 1907 by the Colombian government for its navy, after he had for years rotted in the harbor in front of him, like a German Navy report states. In the UK even the equipment of the steamer was extremely critical pursued because it was assumed that it could possibly a privateer of the Boers could act with which one was at war. Also, were parallels to the CSS Alabama pulled.

The Ban Righ is one of the few examples of recent naval history in which a bought in foreign merchant ship was converted into a warship to overthrow their own government in a revolution. Well 27 years later it should be with the German steamer Falcon in Venezuela give a parallel - only this time Roman Delgado Chalbaud tried the Venezuelan government of Juan Vicente Gómez overthrow - the same Gómez, with whom he had tried the Ban Righ off. Literature

   Captain Willis: The Cruise of the "Ban Righ". Or, How I became a Pirate Brooke Bros. & Co., London, undated (1902).
   THE VENEZUALAN Revolt. The Ban Righ, Said to be Carrying Arms for the insurgents, at Martinique - General uprising expected. In: New York Times v. 25 December 1901
   Bombs used in Caracas. In: New York Times v. 12 Januar 1902.
   THE GENERAL CRESPO SUNK. Report did the Venezualan Gunboat What Wrecked by the Revolutionary Vessel Libertador Confirmed. In: New York Times v. 13 February 1902
   Venezualan Port Bombarded. In: New York Times v. 4 March 1902
   Libertador Flies Columbian flag. In: New York Times v. 25 September 1902.
   GEN. GREENE ACCUSED OF REVOLUTIONARY PLOT. Went to Europe to Buy Ship and Arms for Matos, It Is Affirmed. In: New York Times v. 2 April 1905.
   Robert L. Scheina: Latin America's Wars. The Age of the Caudillo, 1791-1899, Vol 1, Dulles, VA 2003, p 246 (Here, "Ban Righ" misspelled as "Banright").
   Brian Stuart McBeth: Gunboats, corruption, and claims. Foreign Intervention in Venezuela, 1899-1908, Westport, Conn. (Greenwood Press), 2001, pp. 66-71. ISBN 0-313-31356-3


O & S edit

/Austin & Pickersgill

/William Dougal Christie - British diplomat in Paraguay; in Brazil 1859-1863 - diplomatic relations broken off

/Bembridge (ship)

Richard Toop

/Charlotte Seither https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Seither

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/SS Berwind

Lilac, United States Lighthouse Tender

Ban-Righ

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Louis_Florentz

http://www.ram.ac.uk/find-people?pid=331

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Table 2 edit

Class No. Name IMO Completed Shipyard Shipyard No. Note
County-class
 
421 Cornwall 9348388 2005 Damen Gorinchem (Type SP 4207) 549860 decommissioned 8 November 2016 and returned to Damen for resale
422 Middlesex 9348390 2005 Damen Gorinchem (Type SP 4207) 549861 decommissioned 8 November 2016 and returned to Damen for resale
423 Surrey 9348405 2006 Damen Gorinchem (Type SP 4207) 549862 decommissioned 8 November 2016 and returned to Damen for resale
424 Cornwall 9775024 2015 Damen Gorinchem (Type SP 4207) 549897 (previously intended for Venezuelan Coastguard, name unknown (PG-63))

commissioned 28 February 2017 - in service

425 Middlesex 9775036 2015 Damen Gorinchem (Type SP 4207) 549898 (previously intended for Venezuelan Coastguard as ABV Chitty Gurling (PG-64))

commissioned 28 February 2017 - in service

Kalizma edit

 
HMS Sister Anne in service in World War II as headquarters ship for the Chief of Combined Operations
History
 United Kingdom
NameMinona
Port of registryLeith, Scotland
BuilderRamage & Ferguson, Leith
Yard number204
Launched9 April 1906
Completed1906
Identification
 United Kingdom
NameHMS Minona
Fatesold
General characteristics
TypeLuxury steel motor yacht
Tonnage
Length128.2 ft (39.1 m) bp
Beam20.9 ft (6.4 m)
Depth11.7 ft (3.6 m)
Installed power47 hp (35 kW) [nominal horse power]

The Kalizma is a luxury motor yacht built by Ramage & Ferguson at Leith in 1906 as the steam yacht Minona for Robert Stewart, Glasgow. During World War II the yacht served ..........

Design and construction edit

Sister Anne was a steel-hulled motor yacht built during 1929. She was constructed at Gosport, Portsmouth Harbour by Camper and Nicholsons as Yard No.364 for Daisy Fellowes, the Singer Manufacturing Company heiress and wife of banker Reginald Ailwyn Fellowes.[1]

The yacht had a length overall of 130.0 ft (39.6 m) and length between perpendiculars of 123.2 ft (37.6 m), a beam of 21.5 ft (6.6 m) and a depth of 7.2 ft (2.2 m). She measured 242 GRT and 155 NRT. The accommodation included an owner's suite and four guest staterooms. She was powered by a pair of 5-cylinder Gardner engines totalling 500 hp (370 kW) and driving twin propellers.[2][3]

Sister Anne was launched on 12 June 1929.[3] On completion she was registered at the port of Portsmouth with Official Number 160918, and allocated signal letters GTDQ.[2]

Pre-World War II service edit

Royal Navy service edit

Post-war service edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Yachting Notes". Hampshire Telegraph. No. 3193. Portsmouth. 7 June 1929. p. 20. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b Mercantile Navy List. London: Spottiswoode. 1940. p. 816. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Mystery launch". Portsmouth Evening News. No. 16211. 13 June 1929. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

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PS Comet (1821) edit

History
 United Kingdom
NameComet
OwnerHenry Bell
Port of registryGlasgow, Scotland
BuilderJames Lang, Dumbarton
Completed1821
Maiden voyage6 May 1821
Fatesank after collision 21 October 1825
General characteristics
Typewood-hulled paddle steamer
Tonnage94 tons burthen
Length81 ft 0 in (24.69 m)
Beam13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Depth9 ft 0 in (2.74 m)
Installed power24 hp (18 kW) nominal horse power
Propulsion1-cylinder beam engine

The Comet of 1821 was a wood-hulled British paddle steamer built at Dumbarton by James Lang for Henry Bell, whose pioneering Comet of 1812 was wrecked in 1820. She ran between the Clyde and Fort William until she sank in a collision in October 1826 with the loss of 70 lives. Some of the salvaged hull was used to build a new schooner, Ann, which lasted until 1875.

Background and construction edit

Henry Bell, the pioneer of commercial passenger transport by steamboat in Europe with the paddle steamer Comet in 1812, had further developed his business. From the initial route between Glasgow and Helensburgh, he had taken Comet the the Firth of Forth, where he had then purchased the locally-built paddle steamer Stirling.[1][2] Then, in 1819, he had the original Comet lengthened and re-engined for a new service between Glasgow and Fort William, near the western entrance to the Caledonian Canal which was being developed as a through water route to Inverness and the east coast. [3] By Autumn 1820 Bell was already planning the building of a larger steamboat, with increased power, for this route, and in December he travelled to Inverness on Comet to meet investors. On her return voyage she was wrecked on 15 December in a snowstorm off Craignish Point, near Crinan.[4][5][a]. To fill the gap, Bell's service to Fort William was operated by the 1815-built steamer Duke of Wellington.[6] [7]

Comet was launched in 1821 at the Dumbarton shipyard of James Lang.[8] With a wooden hull and copper boiler, her side-paddles were powered by a one-cylinder beam engine made by D McArthur and Company at Camlachie.[9][10] Comet's tonnage was 94 by Builder's Old Measurement, with length of 81 ft 0 in (24.69 m), beam of 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) and depth of 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m).[8]

History edit

The paddle steamer was built for a partnership

Notes, citations, and references edit

Notes

  1. ^ Morris inexplicably quotes without comment a letter giving the month of Comet's loss as October

Citations

  1. ^ Moss, Michael S (23 September 2004). "Bell, Henry (1767–1830)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  2. ^ Ransom (2012), pp. 74–76.
  3. ^ Ransom (2012), pp. 87–90.
  4. ^ Ransom (2012), pp. 91–92.
  5. ^ Morris (1844), pp. 153–156.
  6. ^ Ransom (2012), p. 93.
  7. ^ Deayton (2013), pp. 16–17.
  8. ^ a b "Comet". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  9. ^ Deayton (2013), p. 26.
  10. ^ Ransom (2012), pp. 92–93.

References

  • Deayton, Alistair (2013). Directory of Clyde paddle steamers. Stroud: Amberley. ISBN 978-1-4456-1487-8.>
  • Morris, Edward (1844). The Life of Henry Bell. Edinburgh: Blackie & Son.
  • Ransom, Philip John Greer (2012). Bell's Comet: how a little Scottish paddlesteamer changed the course of history. Stroud: Amberley. ISBN 978-1-4456-0349-0.


Britannia (1815 steamship) edit

Design and construction edit

The paddle steamer Britannia was built in 1815, just three years after the pioneering Clyde passenger steamer Comet, at the Port Glasgow shipyard of John Hunter. She had a wooden hull, measured 73 tons burden, with a length overall of 93 ft 4 in (28.45 m), a breadth of 16 ft 5 in (5.00 m) and a depth of 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m).[1] The ship's side paddles were powered by a 2-cylinder beam engine of 24 nhp made by Duncan McArthur at Camlachie.[1][2] Britannia was later re-repowered with a similar engine of 16 nhp, made by J Cook, Glasgow.[3]

History edit

The paddle steamer was built for a partnership led by Lewis MacLellan of Glasgow and Archibald McTaggart of Campbeltown and intended, together with the similar Waterloo, for services between those two ports.[1] Initially though she ran from Glasgow to Tarbert and Inveraray, at the head of Loch Fyne, and only later in 1815 began serving Rothesay, Campbeltown and Helensburgh on a fortnightly basis.[1] The following year the Britannia & Waterloo Steam Boat Company proposed what may be the first offering of season tickets to "families wishing to agree for the season" covering the two ships' services to a wide range of western Scotland destinations .[4] In 1818 she additionally made some summer excursions round Ailsa Craig, off the Ayrshire coast.[3]

Although as early as September 1816 there was reported intent of the Britannia making a voyage from Glasgow to Belfast,[5] 1820 brought the first recorded trip between the Clyde and the northern Ulster coast when she made an excursion voyage to the Giant's Causeway in County Antrim.[6][2] The following year a similar cruise was successfully extended to Derry, lasting four days from Glasgow.[2][7] In 1822, in the ownership of Alexander A. Laird & Co, and under the name Glasgow and Londonderry Steam Packet Company, she began a regular service between those ports, with additional calls at Culmore, Quigley's Point, Moville, Greencastle and Portrush, which continued for seven years.[3][6][1][2] In 1826 the owning company was changed to Britannia Steam Boat Company in consequence of the sale of Waterloo.[8]

Loss edit

In October 1829 Britannia's owners announced a new service between Glasgow and Warrenpoint (for Newry) with the first return voyage scheduled to depart Warrenpoint on 10 October.[3][2][9] En route to Glasgow with passengers and a cargo of wheat, she met a storm on Sunday 11 October on the Irish coast and put in to Donaghadee for shelter. In an abrupt change of wind direction early overnight, she ground on her anchors or a rock, took a leak and sank.[10] All the passengers and crew were saved, as was half the cargo, but on 13 October further heavy storms reduced Britannia to a total wreck.[11][Note 1]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Some written sources inexplicably give dates for her 1829 loss at Donaghadee somewhat later than contemporary reports: McNeill (21 November), Deayton (23 November)

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Williamson, James (1904). The Clyde Passenger Steamer: Its Rise and Progress during the Nineteenth Century (1987 ed.). Stevenage: SPA Books. pp. 29, 348–9. ISBN 0-907590-19-5.
  2. ^ a b c d e McNeill, D B (1969). Irish Passenger Steamship Services: Vol 1: North of Ireland. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. pp. 98–99.
  3. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference Deayton was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Armstrong, John; Williams, David M (2017). The impact of technological change: the early steamship in Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 80. ISBN 9781786948885. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Steam boats". Belfast Commercial Chronicle. No. 1804. The British Newspaper Archive (subscription required). 2 September 1816. p. 2. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  6. ^ a b McQueen, Andrew (1924). Echoes of Old Clyde Paddle-wheels. Glasgow: Gowans & Gray. p. 24.
  7. ^ "The steam vessel Britannia". Glasgow Herald. No. 1930. 22 June 1821. p. 3. Retrieved 11 February 2019 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference CMRT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "The Steam Packet Britannia". The Newry Commercial Telegraph. No. 1762. The British Newspaper Archive (subscription required). 9 October 1829. p. 3. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  10. ^ "The Britannia of Newry". Belfast News Letter. No. 9635. The British Newspaper Archive (subscription required). 13 October 1829. p. 2. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Britannia Steam Boat". The Globe. No. 8422. London: The British Newspaper Archive (subscription required). 19 October 1829. p. 2. Retrieved 11 February 2019.


Category:Steamships of the United Kingdom Category:Paddle steamers of the United Kingdom Category:Ships built on the River Clyde Category:1815 ships Category:Maritime incidents in October 1829

Savanilla - Sabanilla edit

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Minoan Lines edit

Ship name Flag Built IMO In fleet Callsign Tonnage
(gt)
Length
(m)
Width
(m)
Passengers Cars Knots Notes Photo
Festos Palace
Kydon Palace
  2002 9204568 2001−2020
2020−present
SYNR 37,550 214 m 26.4 m 1,718 665 31.5 Built by Fincantieri, Sestri-Genoa  
Olympia Palace
Knossos Palace
  2001 9220330 2001−2012
2020−present
SVDJ4 36,900 214 m 26.4 m 2,184 735 31.5 Built by Fincantieri, Sestri-Genoa
2012 sold to Cia. Italiana di Navigazione, as Bonaria
2018 to Grimaldi Euromed SpA as Cruise Bonaria
 
Europa Palace
Mykonos Palace
Festos Palace
  2002 9220342 2002−2012
2018−2020
2020−present
SVDA8 36,900 214 m 26.4 m 2,184 735 31.5 Built by Fincantieri, Sestri-Genoa
2012 to Minoan Italia SpA as Amsicora
2018 to Grimaldi Euromed SpA
 
Santorini Palace   2005 9329095 2018−present SYDM 4,913 85.0 m 21.2 m 1,160 117 38.0 Built by Austal, Fremantle
2005 Mediterranean Seaways as Highspeed 5
2015 damaged by fire
2016 rebuilt by Fincantieri, Trieste as Highspeed 7
2024 on charter to Seajets
 

Previous ships


Ship name Flag Built IMO In fleet Callsign Tonnage
(gt)
Length
(m)
Width
(m)
Passengers Cars Knots Notes Photo
Kydon Palace   2001 9204568 2020−present SYNR 37,550 214 m 26.4 m 1,718 665 31.5 (entry)