SSQuerimba
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
|
| Owner |
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| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Wm Doxford & Sons,Pallion |
| Cost | £70,300 |
| Yard number | 339 |
| Launched | 3 June 1905 |
| Completed | 10 July 1905 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | scrapped 1933 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Q-classturret deck ship |
| Tonnage | 7,696GRT,4,937NRT,12,093DWT |
| Length | 455.3 ft (138.8 m) |
| Beam | 58.2 ft (17.7 m) |
| Draught | 26 ft 2 in (7.98 m) |
| Depth | 30.2 ft (9.2 m) |
| Decks | 1 |
| Installed power | 413NHP,2,700ihp |
| Propulsion |
|
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
| Notes | sister ships:Queda,Quiloa |
SSQuerimbawas one of the largestturret deck shipsever built. She was launched in England in 1905, renamedMaria Enricain 1923, and scrapped in Italy in 1933. She was one of threesister shipsthatWilliam Doxford & Sonsbuilt for theBritish India Steam Navigation Company(BI) in 1905. They were the only turret deck ships BI ever owned. It used them asbulk carriers.
She was the first of two BI ships to be calledQuerimba.The second was asteamshipthat was built in 1925, sold and renamed in 1951, and scrapped in 1966.[1]
Building
[edit]In 1905 Doxford atPallionon theRiver WearinSunderlandbuilt three turret deck ships for BI. Yard number 337 was launched on 18 April, completed on 17 May, andregisteredasQueda.Yard number 339 was launched on 3 June, completed on 10 July, and registered asQuerimba.Yard number 341 was launched on 20 July, completed on 23 August, and registered asQuiloa.[2]
Querimbacost £70,300. Her registered length was 455.3 ft (138.8 m), herbeamwas 58.2 ft (17.7 m), her depth was 30.2 ft (9.2 m) and herdraughtwas 26 ft 2 in (7.98 m). Hertonnageswere 7,696GRT,4,937NRT,and 12,093DWT.[3][4]
Queda,QuerimbaandQuiloawere the largest turret deck ships ever built.[5]Previously the largest wasGrängesberg,which Doxford built in 1903.Grängesbergwas almost 4 feet (1.2 m) broader than the Q-class, but the Q-class were 15 feet (5 m) longer and about 4 feet (1.2 m) deeper thanGrängesberg.[6]
She had a singlescrew,driven by a three-cylindertriple-expansion engine.It was rated at 413NHP[3]or 2,700ihp,and gave her a speed of 11 knots (20 km/h).[4]Her engine room and single funnel were positioned aft. Her bridge superstructure was positioned about two-thirds of the way forward. She had two masts.[2]
Career
[edit]BI registeredQuerimbaatGlasgow.HerUnited Kingdomofficial numberwas 121245, and hercode letterswere HCVJ.[7]
Querimbaand her two sisters all traded in theIndian Ocean.They carried bulk cargoes such as coal, sugar, and grain such as rice.[2]Between 1917 and 1919 they all came under the Liner Requisition Scheme.[4][8][9]
By 1918Querimbawas equipped forwireless telegraphy.Hercall signwas GOB.[10]
In 1923 BI sold all three of its turret deck ships. An Italian owner boughtQuedafor £8,300, ran her briefly, and sold her in 1924 for scrap. A Japanese owner boughtQuiloafor £12,000 and renamed herKobe Maru.She grounded in 1924, was refloated in 1925, and scrapped.[2]
On 19 June 1923 Emanuele Bozzo and Luigi Mortola[11]boughtQuerimbafor £11,000.[4]They renamed herMaria Enricaand registered her inGenoa.Her code letters were NXOG.[12]She outlived her two sisters by several years, and wasscrappedin Genoa in the second quarter of 1933.[11]
References
[edit]- ^Haws 1987,pp. 143–144.
- ^abcdHaws 1987,p. 94.
- ^abLloyd's Register1906,QUE–QVA.
- ^abcd"Querimba (1905)"(PDF).P&O Heritage.December 2008.Retrieved22 January2024.
- ^Gray & Lingwood 1975,pp. 7, 8.
- ^"Grängesberg – ID 8485".Stichting Maritiem-Historische Databank(in Dutch).Retrieved22 January2024.
- ^"Queda (1905)"(PDF).P&O Heritage.December 2008.Retrieved22 January2024.
- ^"Quiloa (1905)"(PDF).P&O Heritage.December 2008.Retrieved22 January2024.
- ^The Marconi Press Agency Ltd 1918,p. 712.
- ^ab"Querimba".Wear Built Ships.Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust.Retrieved22 January2024.
- ^Lloyd's Register1924,MAR.
Bibliography
[edit]- Gray, Leonard; Lingwood, John (1975).The Doxford Turret Ships.Kendal:World Ship Society.ISBN0-9500044-6-4.
- Haws, Duncan (1987).British India S.N. Co.Merchant Fleets. Vol. 11. Burwash: Travel Creatours Ltd Publications.ISBN0-946378-07-X.
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping.Vol. I.–Steamers. London:Lloyd's Registerof Shipping. 1906 – viaInternet Archive.
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping.Vol. II.–Steamers and Motorships. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1924 – via Internet Archive.
- The Marconi Press Agency Ltd(1918).The Year Book of Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony.London: The Wireless Press, Ltd.
- Mercantile Navy List.London. 1906 – via Crew List Index Project.
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