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The wreckage of the American Star SS America seen from land side, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands.
SS America was an ocean liner built in 1940 for the United States Lines and designed by the noted naval architect William Francis Gibbs. She carried many names in the 54 years between her construction and her 1994 wrecking, as she served as the SS America (carrying this name three different times during her career), the USS West Point, the SS Australis, the SS Italis, the SS Noga, the SS Alferdoss, and the SS American Star. She served most notably in passenger service as the SS America, and as the Greek-flagged SS Australis for Chandris. In 1941, she carried two Nazi spies from the Duquesne Spy Ring in her crew: Erwin Wilhelm Siegler and Franz Joseph Stigler. Both men were charged by the FBI with espionage and sentenced to 10 years and 16 years' imprisonment, respectively.
A steel-hulled steam collier weighing 1140 tonnes and 79.1m long, it was built in the UK in 1911 and registered in Sydney in 1912.
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The SS United States (model by Mercator) is seen departing on another voyage, as her tug escort veers away, with only the pilot boat to accompany her to open sea. From her maiden voyage July 3, 1952, she completed 400 round trip trans-Atlantic voyages, finishing her 17 year liner career November 7, 1969. With a total of seven days at sea, the 11 day round trip demanded a tight schedule for her provisioning in harbor, which included, among other things, 67,000 lb. of dairy products, 74,000 lb. of meats and poultry, 2000 lb of tobacco products, 4400 gallons of alcohol, and the changing of 35 tons of linens. Today, she is moored in Philadelphia, stripped of her machinery, fittings and furnishings, a sorry sight of rust and peeling paint.
Sydney Olympic Park
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A scan from a little photograph in my collection. Cargo ship built in 1900 by Workman, Clark of Belfast for Liverpool owners T&J Harrison. It was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted to an armed escort ship only to be torpedoed by UB-35 off St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, on 20 January 1918 (although a note written on the back of the print gives the date as the 27th). Thirteen lives were lost.
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SS Great Britain in dry dock at Bristol in 2005.
History
Name:SS Great Britain
Owner:Great Western Steamship Company
Builder:William Patterson
Cost:
Projected: £70,000
Actual: £117,000
Laid down:July 1839
Launched:19 July 1843
Completed:1845
Maiden voyage:26 July 1845
In service:1845–1886
Homeport:Bristol, England
General characteristics
Type:Passenger steamship
Displacement:3,674 tons load draught
Length:322 ft (98 m)
Beam:50 ft 6 in (15.39 m)
Draught:16 ft (4.9 m)[1]
Installed power:2 × twin 88-inch (220 cm) cylinder, 6 ft (1.8 m) stroke, 500 hp (370 kW), 18 rpm inclined direct-acting steam engines
Propulsion:Single screw propeller
Sail plan:
Original: Five schooner-rigged and one square-rigged mast
After 1853: Three square-rigged masts
Speed:10 to 11 knots (19 to 20 km/h; 12 to 13 mph)
Capacity:
360 passengers, later increased to 730
1,200 tons of cargo
Complement:130 officers and crew (as completed)
SS Great Britain is a museum ship and former passenger steamship, which was advanced for her time. She was the longest passenger ship in the world from 1845 to 1854. She was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Steamship Company's transatlantic service between Bristol and New York. While other ships had been built of iron or equipped with a screw propeller, Great Britain was the first to combine these features in a large ocean-going ship. She was the first iron steamer to cross the Atlantic, which she did in 1845, in the time of 14 days.
The ship is 322 ft (98 m) in length and has a 3,400-ton displacement. She was powered by two inclined 2 cylinder engines of the direct-acting type, with twin 88 in (220 cm) bore, 6-foot (1.8 m) stroke cylinders. She was also provided with secondary sail power. The four decks provided accommodation for a crew of 120, plus 360 passengers who were provided with cabins and dining and promenade saloons.
When launched in 1843, Great Britain was by far the largest vessel afloat. However, her protracted construction and high cost had left her owners in a difficult financial position, and they were forced out of business in 1846 having spent all their funds re-floating the ship after she was run aground at Dundrum Bay after a navigational error. In 1852 she was sold for salvage and repaired. Great Britain carried thousands of immigrants to Australia from 1852 until converted to sail in 1881. Three years later, she was retired to the Falkland Islands where she was used as a warehouse, quarantine ship and coal hulk until scuttled in 1937.[2]
In 1970, following a cash donation by Sir Jack Hayward that paid for the vessel to be towed back to the UK, Great Britain was returned to the Bristol dry dock where she was built. Now listed as part of the National Historic Fleet, she is an award-winning visitor attraction and museum ship in Bristol Harbour, with between 150,000 and 200,000 visitors annually.
Sydney Olympic Park
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This is the SS panzer wrap you saw in an earlier picture. If you look closely, you can see I'm not wearing a service shirt. Wrap with the 1st SS LAH schulterklappe or shoulder boards. Items are black feldhose, schnurschuhe or ankle boots is what they are, belt and plane tree field cap since I do not have the black side cap or field cap and the panzer wrap.
Sydney Olympic Park
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The SS Atlantus was a concrete ship built for use as a troop carrier. It was launched in 1918, but ran aground in 1926, where it remains to this day. When I was a kid it was relatively intact, but this is all that is left. I was fortunate to capture the Cape May-Lewes ferry passing in the background while I was taking this shot.
The fifth SS Rotterdam, also known as "The Grande Dame", is a former ocean liner and cruise ship, and has been a hotel ship in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, since 2010. She was launched by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands in a gala ceremony on 13 September 1958, and was completed the following summer. The Rotterdam was the last great Dutch "ship of state", employing the finest artisans from the Netherlands in her construction and fitting out process. Her career spanned forty-one years. She sailed from 1959 until her final retirement in September 2000.
Diving conditions on the SS Yongala were not ideal, but we managed three dives that day. This was taken at the bow of the wreck, and gives you a glimpse at the size of the actual ship.
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SS Suevic was a steamship built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the White Star Line. Suevic was the fifth and last of the Jubilee Class ocean liners, built specifically to service the Liverpool-Cape Town-Sydney route, along with her sister ship SS Runic. In 1907 she was wrecked off the south coast of England, but in the largest rescue of its kind, all passengers and crew were saved. The ship herself was deliberately broken in two, and a new bow was attached to the salvaged stern portion. Later serving as a Norwegian whaling factory ship carrying the name Skytteren, she was scuttled off the Swedish coast in 1942 to prevent her capture by ships of Nazi Germany.
Dicky Beach is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, located within the Caloundra urban centre.
The area was named after the iron steamboat, the SS Dicky, which ran aground during heavy seas in 1893. It was re-floated, but again, heavy seas turned the ship about and back onto the sand where it remains to this day.
Dicky Beach remains the only recreational beach in the world to be named after a shipwreck. (Wikipedia)
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The first ship to utilise screw propeller, designed and built by the brilliant IK Brunel, part of the historic dockside museum in Bristol, England
The SS United States is the fastest ocean liner ever built and the largest built in America. Her future is uncertain, so please help the SS United States Conservancy in their efforts to restore and preserve her as a waterfront development and museum. www.ssunitedstatesconservancy.org
The lovely 300 ton SS Robin was built in 1890 and is the oldest complete example left of a surviving coastal steam cargo vessel (a coaster). She has been restored internally and externally using traditional methods where possible to retain her Victorian character and is now on permanent display at the Royal Victoria Dock in east London. Close by is the Royal Victoria Bridge spanning the dock (see previous shot). This ship is one of London's best kept secrets and is now a protected national treasure.
To get there take either the DLR Railway or better still travel down the river on one of the Clipper Cruisers, get off at the O2 (old Millenium Dome) and take the new Emirates Air Line Gondola (also known as The Thames Cable Car) over the river where you can walk to the Royal docks. Altogether a thrilling experience. Oh, to sail away on this little gem!
Looks good on black.
Check out the full story and history from these links.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Robin
londoneer.org/2012/08/ss-robin-royal-victoria-dock-london...
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