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Athelduchess
3 ships of this name
1 ATHELDUCHESS
GSN
20007781
ON
161088
Built as a molasses tanker
Built
1929 William Hamilton & Co., Port Glasgow
Yard No 406
For
United Molasses Co.
Call
Sign LNEV
Engines by Mirrlees Bickerton &
Day Stockport
2 Oil 4SA each 12cyl 4200bhp
475ft
x 63ft 4ins x 35ft Draught: 26
feet 9ins
8940 grt
1943 21st August During a force eight south-westerly, in
ballast, she was sailing, at night, in convoy out of Milford Haven, round St.
Ann`s Head, past Skokholm Island, bound for New York, but whilst forming convoy
she was taken by the wind ashore near the Smalls Lighthouse ( Pembrokeshire ).
None of the 62 crew were lost. Stranded
on the Smalls, she broke in two. The bow section drifted off and slipped under
the water. The stern section was towed by tugs into Dale Roads (Cardiff), and
sold off, by the Underwriters, to Yngvar Hvistendhal, who had a new bow section
built at Devonport Naval Dockyard, completed December 1947.
1943-1947
in Dale Roads, the stern was manned by an Officer, an Officer`s steward, and
Chief Engineer, John Rosine, of Dundee. Her engines were turned regularly.
1948
Norway MILFORD. Partrederiet Milford (Yngvar Hvistendhal),Tonsberg.
1954 Belgium JEAN MARIE. Soc. Commerciale A. Vloeberghs, S.A, Antwerp.
Bought for £75,000. Stationary oil depot at Antwerp,
Tonnage: 8.940 gross
1956
renamed MANO. Cia. Naviera Mara Ltda, Monrovia, Liberia.
1957 converted to bulk carrier / dry cargo ship.
1959
re-engined by J G Kincaid. Service speed 10 knots.
1959
renamed BAHAMA COUNT. Motorlines Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas. (BR flag)
1962 renamed RONGA. A/S Asplund (Ronneberg & Galtung), Moss, Norway.
1964
renamed BILLY Cia de Nav. Victoria Neptuno S.A., (Teh-Hu SS. Co, Hong
Kong), Monrovia. Tonnage now 9206. Bulk carrier. Length: now 492 ft.
1966
Cia. Naviera Pearl (same managers). Under the Liberian flag by Formosan
owners.
1971 17th August Stranded at
Lantao Island, Hong Kong during a typhoon.
Hurricane Signal
Nr 10 was hoisted at 10:50 p.m. on 16 August 1971.
Typhoon Rose sunk
or wrecked 28 ocean going ships
and hundreds of
smaller vessels.
Ships lost during
Typhoon Rose were …
GREEN BAY, FLYING
DRAGON, REGULUS, AMERICAN HAWK,
FATSHAN (Ferry), RED SEA, DWARKA, HUNTSLAND, EASTERN CAPE,
JADE LILY, SEA CORAL, LEE HONG (Ferry), MACAU (Ferry),
GALLANTRY, MONRUBY, WINFIELD TRADER, KAOSHSIUNG,
TIEN HONG, BILLY, SHONAN MARU, KYOHO MARU,
LAOSHAN, TAIPIENG, NURITH, COMANDANTE CAMILO CIENFUEGOS,
WORLD DALE, KOTA SENTOSA, JILIN, FERNBANK, GUIMARAS,
WATUDAMBO, TUNG THAI, WAH FAT, ARISA
During the
passage of Typhoon Rose,
there were 6
hours of gales at The Observatory,
Hurricane force
winds were recorded for
1 hour at the
Hong Kong Airport,
2 hours at Cape
Collinson and Waglan Island,
3 hours at Cheung
Chau and
4 hours at Tate's
Cairn.
133 people died.
A total of 5,644
people were made homeless.
Pictures of some of the ships hit by Typhoon Rose
The BILLY was refloated but heavily damaged.
1971 8th November Arrived Kaohsiung, Taiwan for scrapping.
Athelduchess(1)
2 ATHELDUCHESS
ON 183802
GSN 20007782
Built 1951 Hawthorn Leslie & Co, Newcastle
Tonnage 9161
9,161
grt
474ft
6ins x 63ft 7ins
Twin
screw
1962 Scrapped
Castellon, Spain
Athelduchess (2)
3 ATHELDUCHESS
10,800
grt
Built
1968 Uddevalavarvet A/B, Uddevala,
Sweden.
Yard nr. 222
Sister
ship to ATHELDUKE (3) and
ATHELKNIGHT(3)
1970
renamed ANCO DUCHESS
Athelduchess Tankers Co., Ltd, Liverpool.
1979
sold to Locafrance Service S.A., France renamed TARN.
1984
sold to Ravenanavi S.p.A., Italy renamed TAURUS
ERRE.
1988
sold to Fyvie Shipping Co, Panama renamed EVA COB.
1991
renamed EVA same owners.
1994
sold to Aquatic
Maritime Ltd., St. Vincent; renamed EVE
1994
Arrived at
Alang, India, 5th September for demolition and scrapped.
Athelduchess(3) as ANCO DUCHESS
Photograph by
Joe McMillan
Raymond
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