Frederica
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History | |
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Port of registry |
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Builder | J & G Thomson, Clydebank |
Yard number | 250 |
Launched | 5 June 1890 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sunk by mine, 1914 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 1,059 GRT, 193 NRT |
Length | 253.0 ft (77.1 m) |
Beam | 35.1 ft (10.7 m) |
Draught | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
Depth | 14.8 ft (4.5 m) |
Decks | 2 |
Installed power | 360 NHP |
Propulsion |
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Crew | as minelayer: 73 |
Notes | sister ships: Lydia, Stella |
SS Frederica was a passenger ferry that was built in Scotland in 1890 for the London and South Western Railway. [1] In 1912 she was sold to Ottoman owners who renamed her Nilufer. In 1914 the Ottoman Navy used her as a minelayer. A mine sank her in November 1914.
In 1890 J & G Thomson Ltd at Clydebank in Glasgow built a set of three sister ships for the LSWR's fast mail and passenger service between Southampton and the Channel Islands: Frederica, Lydia and Stella. Frederica was built as yard number 250 and was the first of the trio to be built, being launched on 5 June 1890. [2] [3]
Frederica's registered length was 253.0 ft (77.1 m), her beam was 35.1 ft (10.7 m) and her depth was 14.8 ft (4.5 m). Her tonnages were 1,059 GRT and 193 NRT. [4] She had twin screws, each powered by a three-cylinder triple expansion steam engine. Between them her two engines were rated at 360 NHP. [4]
The LSWR registered Frederica at Southampton. Her United Kingdom official number was 97212 and her code letters were LTSV. [4]
Frederica was in Southampton and dressed for the opening of the new deep-water dock by Queen Victoria on 26 July 1890. [5] The ship's arrival in Guernsey on 31 July 1860 at 6:23 a.m. was witnessed by many observers, and she then left at 7:00 a.m. and went to Jersey, with her arrival there at 8.33 a.m. witnessed by a thousand people on the pier. [6] On 4 September 1890 she broke the record for the fastest passage from Guernsey to Southampton, leaving at 10.15 a.m. and arriving in Southampton Docks at 3.30 p.m., a time of 5 hours 15 minutes. [7] In October 1890 she made the same voyage in 5 hours 8 minutes. [8]
In 1911 she was sold to Idarei Massousieh in Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire. In 1912 she was sold to the Administration de Navigation a Vapeur Ottomane, who renamed her Nilufer and registered her in Constantinople. After the Ottoman Empire entered the First World War I at the end of October 1914, the Ottoman Navy took her over as a minelayer, commanded by Hasan Murad. [9] She was sunk by a Bulgarian mine on 22 November 1914 [2] in the Black Sea near Rila, Bulgaria. [10]
Frederica
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History | |
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Name |
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Owner |
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Operator |
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Port of registry |
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Builder | J & G Thomson, Clydebank |
Yard number | 250 |
Launched | 5 June 1890 |
Identification |
|
Fate | Sunk by mine, 1914 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 1,059 GRT, 193 NRT |
Length | 253.0 ft (77.1 m) |
Beam | 35.1 ft (10.7 m) |
Draught | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
Depth | 14.8 ft (4.5 m) |
Decks | 2 |
Installed power | 360 NHP |
Propulsion |
|
Crew | as minelayer: 73 |
Notes | sister ships: Lydia, Stella |
SS Frederica was a passenger ferry that was built in Scotland in 1890 for the London and South Western Railway. [1] In 1912 she was sold to Ottoman owners who renamed her Nilufer. In 1914 the Ottoman Navy used her as a minelayer. A mine sank her in November 1914.
In 1890 J & G Thomson Ltd at Clydebank in Glasgow built a set of three sister ships for the LSWR's fast mail and passenger service between Southampton and the Channel Islands: Frederica, Lydia and Stella. Frederica was built as yard number 250 and was the first of the trio to be built, being launched on 5 June 1890. [2] [3]
Frederica's registered length was 253.0 ft (77.1 m), her beam was 35.1 ft (10.7 m) and her depth was 14.8 ft (4.5 m). Her tonnages were 1,059 GRT and 193 NRT. [4] She had twin screws, each powered by a three-cylinder triple expansion steam engine. Between them her two engines were rated at 360 NHP. [4]
The LSWR registered Frederica at Southampton. Her United Kingdom official number was 97212 and her code letters were LTSV. [4]
Frederica was in Southampton and dressed for the opening of the new deep-water dock by Queen Victoria on 26 July 1890. [5] The ship's arrival in Guernsey on 31 July 1860 at 6:23 a.m. was witnessed by many observers, and she then left at 7:00 a.m. and went to Jersey, with her arrival there at 8.33 a.m. witnessed by a thousand people on the pier. [6] On 4 September 1890 she broke the record for the fastest passage from Guernsey to Southampton, leaving at 10.15 a.m. and arriving in Southampton Docks at 3.30 p.m., a time of 5 hours 15 minutes. [7] In October 1890 she made the same voyage in 5 hours 8 minutes. [8]
In 1911 she was sold to Idarei Massousieh in Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire. In 1912 she was sold to the Administration de Navigation a Vapeur Ottomane, who renamed her Nilufer and registered her in Constantinople. After the Ottoman Empire entered the First World War I at the end of October 1914, the Ottoman Navy took her over as a minelayer, commanded by Hasan Murad. [9] She was sunk by a Bulgarian mine on 22 November 1914 [2] in the Black Sea near Rila, Bulgaria. [10]