Whangape was a cargo ship measured at 2,931 gross register tons (GRT), built in 1899 by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co., Middlesbrough.[1] The vessel was constructed for the British Maritime Trust as Adriana, sold while on the slips to Elder, Dempster & Company and renamed Asaba.[2] Her engine was built by T Richardson & Sons, Hartlepool.[3]
.jpg) SS Whangape
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| History | |
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| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Builder | Sir Raylton Dixon & Co., Middlesbrough |
| Yard number | 470 |
| Launched | 16 December 1899 |
| Completed | 1 March 1900 |
| Honours and awards |
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| Fate | Scrapped in 1935 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 2,931 GRT |
| Length | 320 ft (98 m) |
| Beam | 44.8 ft (13.7 m) |
| Depth | 15.3 ft (4.7 m) |
| Installed power | Triple expansion steam engine |
"Whangape" (pronounced: fun gah' pay) is a Māori word meaning "waiting for the inside of the pipi."[4] The pipi is a bivalve mollusk native to New Zealand. Whangape was also the sister ship to SS Mont-Blanc, the munitions vessel under French registry that collided with the Norwegian vessel SS Imo on 6 December 1917 in Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada resulting in the devastating Halifax Explosion.[5] Plans used to build Mont-Blanc were slightly adjusted to build and launch Whangape as few months later.[6][7]
The vessel was completed on 1 March 1900 and sold to the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand.[8] After being chartered by the Royal Australian Navy, she took part in operations against the German colonies in the Pacific with the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) during the First World War in 1914 and subsequently returned to her owners. Whangape was sold in 1928 to Chun Young Zan (Moller & Co) and renamed SS Nanking.
Fate
editNanking was scrapped in China in 1935.
Footnotes
edit- ^ SS Nanking / Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1933-34 (PDF), Lloyd's Register Foundation, retrieved 15 June 2019
- ^ Miramar Ship Index, R. B. Haworth, retrieved 23 June 2019
- ^ Tees Built Ships, Tees Built Ships, retrieved 15 June 2019
- ^ Brookes, Edwin Stanley (1892). Frontier Life: Taranaki, New Zealand. With Maps and Sketches. Auckland, N. Z.: H. Brett, Shortland & Fort Streets. (p. 86)
- ^ Joel Zeml, "SS Whangape (1900): A Brief History of SS Mont-Blanc’s Sister Ship", City News Everywhere, News 95.7 Halifax
- ^ Amended Plan of the Midship Section of a Steel Screw Steamer Mont Blanc, 6 May 1898, Lloyd's Register Foundation, retrieved 15 June 2019
- ^ Engine and Boiler Arrangement for Mont Blanc, 6 May 1898, Lloyd's Register Foundation, retrieved 15 June 2019
- ^ SS Nanking / Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1933-34 (PDF), Lloyd's Register Foundation, retrieved 15 June 2019
References
edit- Gillett, Ross (1986). Australia's navy : past, present & future. Brookvale, NSW: Child & Henry. ISBN 0-86777-178-X.
- Odgers, George (1982). The Royal Australian Navy : an illustrated history. Brookvale, NSW: Child & Henry. ISBN 0-86777-240-9.
External links
edit- [1] [Tees Built Ships website]
- 1908 stern view photo in dry dock