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AMSTELDAM - ID 368


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Onder Nederlandse Vlag tussen:0000-00-00 / 0000-00-00

Identification Data

Bouwjaar: 1907
Categorie: Cargo vessel
Voorstuwing: Steamship
Type: General Cargo schip
Type Dek: Raised quarter deck
Dekken: 1
Construction Data

Scheepsbouwer: Campbeltown Shipbuilding Company Ltd, Campbeltown, Great Britain
Werfnummer: 78
Launch Date: 1907-01-19
Delivery Date: 1907-02-00
Technical Data

Engine Manufacturer: Hutson & Sons Ltd., Glasgow, Great Britain
Motor Type: Steam, Triple Expansion
Number of Cylinders: 3
Power: 700
Power Unit: IHP (IPK)
Eng. additional info: 18 9/16, 27 1/2 & 45 - 33
Speed in knots: 11
Number of screws: 1
 
Gross Tonnage: 1239.00 Gross tonnage
Net Tonnage: 773.00 Net tonnage
Deadweight: 2200.00 tons deadweight (1016 kg)
 
Length 1: 70.10 Meters Registered
Beam: 10.40 Meters Registered
Depth: 4.90 Meters Registered
Ship History Data

Date/Name Ship 1907-02-00 AMSTELDAM
Manager: Hoyman & Schuurman's Scheepsagentuur N.V., Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Eigenaar: N.V. Stoomvaart-Maatschappij 'Amstel', Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Shareholder:
Homeport / Flag: Amsterdam / Netherlands
Callsign: NDCG

Date/Name Ship 1912-00-00 AMSTEL
Manager: Wm. H. Vernall, Cardiff, Great Britain
Eigenaar: Pomaron Steamship Company Ltd., Cardiff, Great Britain
Shareholder:
Homeport / Flag: Cardiff / Great Britain

Date/Name Ship 1912-00-00 AMSTELDAM
Manager: Wm. H. Vernall, Cardiff, Great Britain
Eigenaar: Guadiana Steamship Company Ltd., Cardiff, Great Britain
Shareholder:
Homeport / Flag: Cardiff / Great Britain

Date/Name Ship 1913-00-00 AMSTELDAM
Manager: Fisher, Renwick & Co., Newcastle on Tyne, Great Britain
Eigenaar: Fisher, Renwick & Co., Newcastle on Tyne, Great Britain
Shareholder:
Homeport / Flag: Cardiff / Great Britain

Date/Name Ship 1915-00-00 AMSTELDAM
Manager: South Metropolitan Gas Company Ltd., London, Great Britain
Eigenaar: South Metropolitan Gas Company Ltd., London, Great Britain
Shareholder:
Homeport / Flag: London / Great Britain

Ship Events Data

1906-12-24: Op stapel staande door de Stoomvaart-Mij 'Amstel' aangekocht en op 19 januari 1907 als AMSTELDAM te water gelaten.
1917-11-18: Final Fate:
Op reis met een lading steenkolen van Shields naar London op 6 mijl ten noorden van Flamborough Head getorpedeerd door de Duitse onderzeeboot 'UB.21' en verloren gegaan.

Built for N.V. Stmvt Maats Amstel (Hoyman & Schuurman), Amstel, Holland; Yard No 78; Launch Date 19/01/1907; 1 x Hotchkiss 6 pounder stern gun; Sister ship to the TAURUS lost off Scarborough; One of five colliers own by the South Metropoliton Gas Co. lost off the Yorkshire coast whilst transporting coal during WW1. The other ships where: TOGSTON, QUAGGY, GIRALDA, KENNINGTON. The Amsteldam was torpedoed by UB-21, whilst under the command of Walter Scheffer. The torpedo struck abreast the stokehold on the port side blowing in the ships side amidships and blowing up the deck and bridge / wheelhouse. She was abandoned in five minutes; 20 crew, 4 lives lost. The TOGSTON and CADMUS where also sunk on the same day in Bridlington Bay by UC-47. ref. used:Carl Racey †, East Coast Shipwreck Research Carl Racey † 15/10/2009 The AMSTELDAM was on charter by the owners, the South Metropolitan Gas Co. with 1900 tons of gas coal for London. She was following verbal route orders steaming at 8 knots in the war channel on a fine, clear day with smooth seas. At 4.30 p.m. she was 6 miles north of Flamborough Head when a torpedo was sighted by the lookout from the crows nest on the foremast. It was on the port beam 300 to 400 yards away. The helm was put hard to port but the torpedo struck abreast of the stokehold on the port side, blowing up the wheelhouse and bridge, killing four men in the engine room and wounding the Master and 1st Mate on the bridge. The survivors took to the boat and raft and were picked up after half an hour by P.53 and landed at Grimsby. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13211