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List Of Ships Lost On Their Maiden Voyage
This is a list of ships that were lost on their maiden voyage. Naval ships * (1628) * (1729) * (1863) * (1866) * (1878) * ''Cerisoles'' (1918) * ''Inkerman'' (1918) * (1940) * (1941) * (1942) * (1944) Passenger ships and cargo liners * (1851) * (1854) * (1854) * (1854) * (1871) * ''Geltwood'' (1875) * (1899) * '' Titanic'' (1912) * ''City of Honolulu'' (1922) * (1932) * (1949) * (1959) * (1980) Cargo ships * (1629) * (1719) * (1723) * '' Zeewijk'' (1727) * (1749) * (1773) * (1787) * (1830) * (1852) * (1855) * (1871) * (1875) * ''George Roper George Roper (15 May 1934 – 1 July 2003) was an English comedian, best known for his appearances in the long-running UK television series '' The Comedians''. Early history He was born George Francis Furnival in Liverpool to a working-cla ...'' (1883) * (1889) * (1890) * (1916) * (1918) * (1918) * (1919) * (1920) * (1923) * (1935) * (1935) * (1939) * (1941) * (1941) * (1941) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Minesweepers Inkerman And Cerisoles
''Inkerman'' and ''Cerisoles'' were two French minesweepers named after major battles fought during the Crimean War and Italian war, and which vanished on their maiden voyage in a storm on Lake Superior in 24 November 1918. No trace of the two vessels has ever been found. 76 French sailors and two Canadian captains disappeared along with the minesweepers. ''Inkerman'' and ''Cerisoles'' are the last warships to disappear on the Great Lakes, and their sinkings caused the largest loss of life of any Lake Superior shipwreck. Vessel specifications ''Inkerman'' and ''Cerisoles'' were s, designed to clear naval mines in the English Channel. Built at the Canada Car and Foundry Company in what was then known as Fort William, Ontario, the vessels were long, and displaced 630 tons. Their steel-framed wooden hulls were divided into four water-tight compartments. Each ship was fitted with twin screws and a single funnel, and had a top speed of about . Two deck guns, with a range of about , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geltwood
''Geltwood'' was an iron-hulled barque that was shipwrecked on or about 14 June 1876 during a storm on a remote stretch of the south east coast of South Australia. Nearing the completion of her maiden voyage from Liverpool bound for Melbourne the ship struck a reef, capsized and broke up. The wreck occurred 1.6 km from shore near the northern end of Lake Bonney and 16 km south-east of Southend. Of the 31 passengers and crew there were no survivors. It wasn't until 5 July that the fate of the ship became known to authorities. Looters The events surrounding ''Geltwood'' are made infamous by reports of looting by some locals. The wreck was not reported to the police for two weeks, and in that time a number of people stole equipment and belongings that were washed ashore. A trial was held in Millicent which resulted in the acquittal of two men on the grounds they didn't know looting a shipwreck was a crime. Relics One of the ''Geltwood'' anchors can be viewed in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titanic
RMS ''Titanic'' was a British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United States. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, more than 1,500 died, making it the deadliest sinking of a single ship up to that time. It remains the deadliest peacetime sinking of a superliner or cruise ship. The disaster drew public attention, provided foundational material for the disaster film genre, and has inspired many artistic works. RMS ''Titanic'' was the largest ship afloat at the time she entered service and the second of three s operated by the White Star Line. She was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Thomas Andrews, the chief naval architect of the shipyard, died in the disaster. ''Titanic'' was under the command of Captain Edward Smith, who went down with the ship. The ocean liner carrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Friedrich Der Grosse
SS ''Friedrich der Grosse'' (or ''Friedrich der Große'') was a Norddeutscher Lloyd liner built in 1896 which sailed Atlantic routes from Germany and sometimes Italy to the United States and on the post run to Australia. At the outset of World War I the ship was interned by the U.S. and, when that country entered the conflict in 1917, was seized and converted to a troop transport, becoming USS ''Huron'' (ID-1408). Originally commissioned as USS ''Fredrick Der Grosse'', the ship was renamed ''Huron'' – after Lake Huron, the center lake of the Great Lakes – while undergoing repairs and conversion at a U.S. Navy yard. The ship carried almost 21,000 men to France during the hostilities, and returned over 22,000 healthy and wounded men after the Armistice.Gleaves, p. 247 After decommissioning by the U.S. Navy, the ship was turned over to the United States Shipping Board and was later transferred to the United States Mail Steamship Company, for whom she sailed in the Atlantic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeewijk
The ''Zeewijk'' (or ''Zeewyk'') was an 18th-century East Indiaman of the Dutch East India Company ( nl, Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, commonly abbreviated to VOC) that was shipwrecked at the Houtman Abrolhos, off the coast of Western Australia, on 9 June 1727. The survivors built a second ship, the ''Sloepie'', enabling 82 out of the initial crew of 208 to reach their initial destination of Batavia on 30 April 1728. Since the 19th century many objects were found near the wreck site, which are now in the Western Australian Museum. The shipwreck itself was found in 1968 by divers. Background The ''Zeewijk'' was built in 1725 with a tonnage of 140 lasten, that is , and dimensions long by wide.Measurements quoted in the original Dutch style (lasten and feet) with conversion factors provided by (Ingelman-Sundberg, 1976) It carried 36 iron and bronze guns, and 6 swivel guns. A new ship of the Zeeland Chamber of the VOC, her maiden voyage was from Vlissingen (Netherlands) to Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Roper (ship)
''George Roper'' was a four-masted iron barque that was built for service between England and Australia, launching from Liverpool on 10 February 1883. On its maiden voyage, it carried 3,842 tons of cargo, including railway track for the Victorian government, liquor, chemicals, drapery, and dynamite. It reached Australia on 4 July 1883, but got caught on the reef at Point Lonsdale while being towed into Port Melbourne. The ship sat there for nearly two months before breaking up and sinking on 26 August. The wreck remains under 4–5 metres of water and is accessible to recreational divers. Design and construction The four-masted barque ''George Roper'' was built of iron in Liverpool by W. H. Potter and Son for local shipowners W. T. Dickson and Son, specifically for service between England and Australia. Its registered tonnages were 2,104 gross and 2,033 net, and dimensions were length , beam , and depth . When launched into the River Mersey on 10 February 1883, the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penlee Lifeboat Disaster in Kent in the UK
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Penlee may refer to * Penlee House - a house and art gallery in Penzance in the UK * Penlee Point, Mousehole - a promentary near Penzance in the UK * Penlee Point, Rame - a promentary near Plymouth in the UK * the Penlee Quarry railway in Newlyn in the UK * the Penlee Lifeboat Station in Newlyn in the UK * an alternative name for the Kennington Stream Kennington Stream (or ''Penlee / Pen Lee'') is a tributary of the Great Stour river in Ashford, Kent, England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USC&GS Eagre
USC&GS ''Eagre'' was a survey ship of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey which later served in the United States Navy as USS ''Eagre''. She originally was the yacht ''Mohawk'', Ship history The schooner- yacht ''Mohawk '' was launched from J. B. Van Deusen's shipyard in Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York, for the millionaire cotton merchant William T. Garner. She was called the "biggest yacht in the world." At she was the largest racing yacht of her generation. Garner, his wife, and all but two passengers and one crewman were lost when the yacht capsized in a squall during her maiden voyage in New York Harbor on 20 July 1876 off Stapleton on Staten Island. ''Mohawk'' was later raised at a cost of US$25,000, bought for the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and renamed USC&GS ''Eagre'', taking her name from a term for a tidal bore, which is in turn derived from Ægir the Norse god of the sea. In 1890 ''Eagre'' was part of a squadron of ships under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
