San Andres

Type:

Dampskip, stykkgods
steam ship, general cargo.

Off.no:

5614611

Flagg (flag):

NOR

Havn (port):

Kristiania

Byggeår (year built):

1911/06

Bnr (Sno).:

169

Bygger (yard):

Wood, Skinner & Co., Bill Quay, Newcastle, England.

Eier (owner):

Dampskibs A/S Otto Thoresens Linie, Kristiania.

Disponent (manager):

Otto Thoresen, Kristiania.

Klasse (Class).:

DnV +1A1

Tonnasje (Tonnage):

2.500 tdw, 1.656 brt, 724 nrt.

Dimensjoner (size):

L: 270,4’-B: 40,8’-D: 18,3’.

Lasthåndtering
(cargo handling):

Kjølemaskineri
(Ref. machinery):

Navigasjonsutstyr:

Manøversystemer
(syst. for manouvering):

Dekksmaskineri
(deck machinery):

Kommunikasjon (comm.):

Kallesignal (Call sign):

MGQF

Fremdrift (propulsion):

1 dampmaskin (steam reciprocating), triple exp. 3-sylinder, syl. diam.: 22,0’’–36,0’’–60,0’’, slag/stroke: 39,0’’. 301 NHK. Bygget av North Eastern Marine Engineering Co. Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne, England.

Fart/forbr. (speed/cons.):

12,0 knop.

Hjelpemaskineri (aux):

Tot. el. kraft (el. power):

Kjeler (boiler):

3 dampkjeler (steam boilers), hver med dim.: 11,8’ x 12,0’ og 2 fyrganger. Samlet heteflate 3.428 ft². Arbeidstrykk 180 psi. Bygget av North Eastern Marine Engineering Co. Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne, England.

Bemanning (crew):

25 mann.

Historikk:

1911 Bygget som SAN ANDRÉS av Wood, Skinner & Co., Bill Quay, Newcastle, England for Dampskibs A/S Otto Thoresens Linie (Otto Thoresen), Kristiania. Sjøsatt 27/04, ferdigstilt i juni. Gudmor Miss Millicent J. Dodds.
1918 Torpedert og senket 11/05 av den tyske ubåten U 86 (Oberleutnant zur See Helmut Patzig), i posisjon 51.23N-07.53V, 100 nm vest for Lundy Island, England mens hun var på reise fra Middelhavet til Norge via Swansea, Wales for bunkerkull. Lasten var stykkgods. 2 mann omkom. Kaptein Georg William Simpson og resten av mannskapet forlot skipet i to livbåter. Skipet sank så fort at 7 mann måtte hoppe på sjøen hvor de ble tatt opp i livbåtene. De ble snart etter tatt opp av en armert engelsk tråler som satte dem i land 12/05 i Milford Haven, Wales.

History in English:

1911 Built as SAN ANDRÉS at Wood, Skinner & Co., Bill Quay, Newcastle, England for Dampskibs A/S Otto Thoresens Linie (Otto Thoresen), Kristiania. Launched 27/04, completed in June. God mother Miss Millicent J. Dodds.
1918 Torpedoed and sunk 11/05 by the German submarine U 86 (Oberleutnant zur See Helmut Patzig), in position 51.23N-07.53W, 100 nm west of Lundy Island, England whilst on a voyage from Mediterranean via Swansea, Wales for bunker coal to Norway with general cargo. 2 men died. Captain Georg William Simpson and the rest of the crew left the vessel in two lifeboats. The vessel was sinking so fast that 7 men had to jump in to the sea where they were picked up by the lifeboats.  They were soon after taken up by an English armed trawler and landed 12/05 in Milford Haven, Wales.