SS_Glenartney_(1911)
SS Glenartney was a cargo steamship that was launched in Scotland in 1911 and sunk by a U-boat in the English Channel in 1918.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Glenartney |
| Namesake | Glen Artney, Perthshire |
| Owner | Caledonia SS Co |
| Operator | James Gardiner & Co |
| Port of registry | Glasgow |
| Builder | Charles Connell & Co, Whiteinch |
| Yard number | 340 |
| Launched | 26 October 1911 |
| Completed | December 1911 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk by torpedo, 18 March 1915 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 5,201 GRT, 3,309 NRT |
| Length | 410.0 ft (125.0 m) |
| Beam | 52.3 ft (15.9 m) |
| Depth | 28.6 ft (8.7 m) |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power | 536 NHP |
| Propulsion |
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| Notes | sister ship: Glenetive |
In 1911 Charles Connell & Co built a pair of cargo ships for the Caledonia Steamship Company. Glenetive was built at Scotstoun,[1] launched on 22 August[2] and completed that September.[3] Her sister ship Glenartney was built at Whiteinch,[4] launched on 26 October[5] and completed that December.[3]
Dunsmuir and Jackson of Govan, Glasgow built a three-cylinder triple expansion steam engine for each ship. Glenartney's engine was rated at 536 NHP.[3]
Glenartney was registered in Glasgow, her UK official number was 132995 and her code letters were HTWB.[3][4]
In March 1915 Glenartney was en route from Bangkok to London with a cargo of rice and meal. On 18 March the Imperial German Navy U-boat U-34 torpedoed her about 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of the Royal Sovereign Lightship, killing one member of Glenartney's crew.[6][7]
A torpedo boat rescued 39 survivors and landed them at Newhaven in England.[8]
- Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen (1913). Mercantile Navy List. Board of Trade. p. 222. Retrieved 8 April 2021 – via Crew List Index Project.
- "Glenetive". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- "Steamers". Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Vol. I. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1914.
- Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen (1915). Mercantile Navy List. Board of Trade. p. 234. Retrieved 8 April 2021 – via Crew List Index Project.
- "Glenartney". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- Tennent, AJ (2006). British Merchant Ships Sunk by U-boats in World War One. Penzance: Periscope Publishing. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-904381-36-5.
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "Glenartney". uboat.net. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- "Glasgow steamer torpedoed". The Times. London. 19 March 1915. p. 8.
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