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SS Norwich City
SS Norwich City was a British cargo steamship. It was built in 1911 as Normanby, and renamed Norwich City in 1919. It was wrecked in the Pacific Ocean in 1929. For many years its wreck was a sea mark on the atoll of Nikumaroro. The wreck is now largely broken up.
In 1911 Pyman Brothers, a ship management company based in London, had a pair of cargo ships built at shipyards on the River Tees. William Gray & Company at West Hartlepool built Normanby as yard number 792. It was laid down on 9 February 1911,[citation needed] launched on 12 July, and completed that August. Richardson, Duck and Company at Thornaby-on-Tees built its sister ship Cloughton as yard number 620, launching it on 9 September and completing it that October. The ships were named after the villages of Normanby and Cloughton on the coast of the North Riding of Yorkshire.
Normanby's registered length was 397.0 ft (121.0 m), its beam was 53.5 ft (16.3 m) and its depth was 23.0 ft (7.0 m). It had six holds for cargo. Its tonnages were 4,219 GRT and 2,598 NRT.
It had a single screw, driven by a three-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine built by William Gray's Central Marine Engine Works. It was rated at 412 NHP, and gave it a speed of 11 knots (20 km/h).
Normanby's first owner was Pyman Brothers' London and Northern Steamship Company. She was registered in London. Her United Kingdom official number was 132596 and her code letters were HTJF.
In 1917 William Reardon Smith's St Just Steamship Company bought eight of London and Northern's ships, including Normanby and Cloughton. In 1919 Reardon Smith renamed the ships Norwich City and Orient City respectively, and registered them in Bideford in Devon. In 1929 the St Just Steamship Co was renamed Reardon Smith Line.
By 1919 Norwich City was equipped with wireless telegraphy. By 1924 her furnaces had been converted to oil fuel.
On 23 April 1928, Norwich City collided with the original Second Narrows Rail Bridge in Vancouver, which at that time was a bascule bridge. She lost her masts and funnel, and her superstructure was damaged. The Burrard Dry Dock Company repaired her.
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SS Norwich City
SS Norwich City was a British cargo steamship. It was built in 1911 as Normanby, and renamed Norwich City in 1919. It was wrecked in the Pacific Ocean in 1929. For many years its wreck was a sea mark on the atoll of Nikumaroro. The wreck is now largely broken up.
In 1911 Pyman Brothers, a ship management company based in London, had a pair of cargo ships built at shipyards on the River Tees. William Gray & Company at West Hartlepool built Normanby as yard number 792. It was laid down on 9 February 1911,[citation needed] launched on 12 July, and completed that August. Richardson, Duck and Company at Thornaby-on-Tees built its sister ship Cloughton as yard number 620, launching it on 9 September and completing it that October. The ships were named after the villages of Normanby and Cloughton on the coast of the North Riding of Yorkshire.
Normanby's registered length was 397.0 ft (121.0 m), its beam was 53.5 ft (16.3 m) and its depth was 23.0 ft (7.0 m). It had six holds for cargo. Its tonnages were 4,219 GRT and 2,598 NRT.
It had a single screw, driven by a three-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine built by William Gray's Central Marine Engine Works. It was rated at 412 NHP, and gave it a speed of 11 knots (20 km/h).
Normanby's first owner was Pyman Brothers' London and Northern Steamship Company. She was registered in London. Her United Kingdom official number was 132596 and her code letters were HTJF.
In 1917 William Reardon Smith's St Just Steamship Company bought eight of London and Northern's ships, including Normanby and Cloughton. In 1919 Reardon Smith renamed the ships Norwich City and Orient City respectively, and registered them in Bideford in Devon. In 1929 the St Just Steamship Co was renamed Reardon Smith Line.
By 1919 Norwich City was equipped with wireless telegraphy. By 1924 her furnaces had been converted to oil fuel.
On 23 April 1928, Norwich City collided with the original Second Narrows Rail Bridge in Vancouver, which at that time was a bascule bridge. She lost her masts and funnel, and her superstructure was damaged. The Burrard Dry Dock Company repaired her.