SS Immingham (1906)
 The Immingham, by A. J. Jansen
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| History | |
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| Name |
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| Operator | Great Central Railway |
| Builder | Swan Hunter, Wallsend |
| Yard number | 769 |
| Launched | 8 May 1906 |
| Fate | Sunk in collision 6 June 1915 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 2,009 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 271 feet (83 m) |
| Beam | 41.2 feet (12.6 m) |
| Depth | 20.4 feet (6.2 m) |
| Installed power | 1300 nhp |
| Propulsion | 3 Parsons steam turbines |
TrSS Immingham was a passenger and cargo vessel built for the Great Central Railway in 1906.[1]
History
[edit]The ship was built by Swan Hunter of Wallsend and launched on 8 May 1906. She was one of an order for two ships, the other being Marylebone.
The Parsons steam turbines of Immingham and Marylebone were direct-drive units that proved uneconomic, and both vessels were soon rebuilt as single-screw steamships with the funnels of each reduced in number from two to one.
She was requisitioned in 1915 by the Admiralty for Royal Navy use as a stores carrier and renamed HMS Immingham. She sank on 6 June 1915 after a collision with the boom defence vessel HMS Reindeer in the Mediterranean Sea.[2]
The Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre has in its collection a painting by A.J. Jansen of Immingham as a single-screw steamer.
References
[edit]- ^ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
- ^ "BRITISH NAVAL VESSELS LOST AT SEA Part 1 of 2 - Abadol (oiler) to Lynx (destroyer)". Naval History. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
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