SS City of Bradford (1903)

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History
Name
  • 1903: City of Bradford
  • 1916: Donau
  • 1919: City of Bradford
  • 1936: Hanne
Namesake
Owner
Operator
  • 1903: FM Barwick
  • 1914: War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg Imperial German Navy
  • 1919: FM Barwick
  • 1923: Joseph Man
  • 1933: Edward Rutter
  • 1936: Louis Sangursky
Port of registry
Route Grimsby – Hamburg
Builder Earle's Shipbldg & Eng Ltd, Hull
Yard number483
Launched23 July 1903
CompletedSeptember 1903
ReclassifiedWW1: repair ship, tender ship, escort ship
Identification
FateSunk by air attack 1942
General characteristics
Type Passenger ship
Tonnage
Length256.5 ft (78.2 m)
Beam34.5 ft (10.5 m)
Draught17 ft 10 in (5.44 m)
Depth15.7 ft (4.8 m)
Decks1
Installed power356 NHP
Propulsion triple-expansion steam engine
Speed14 knots (26 km/h)
Sensors and
processing systems		 submarine signalling
Armament DEMS
Notes sister ship: City of Leeds

SS City of Bradford was a British passenger and cargo steamship that was built in Yorkshire in 1903, renamed Donau in 1916, reverted to City of Bradford in 1919 and became Hanne in 1936.

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In the First World War the Imperial German Navy captured her and used her as an auxiliary ship. In the Second World War she was sunk by an air attack in the Mediterranean in 1942.

Building

In 1903 Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering of Hull, Yorkshire built a pair of ferries for the Great Central Railway. City of Leeds was launched on 8 June 1903. [1] [2] Jane Robinson,[ citation needed ] wife of the Great Central's chief mechanical engineer John G. Robinson, launched City of Leeds' sister ship City of Bradford on 23 July. [3] [4]

City of Bradford' registered length was 256.5 ft (78.2 m), her beam was 34.5 ft (10.5 m) and her depth was 15.7 ft (4.8 m). As built, her tonnages were 1,341  GRT and 735  NRT. She was registered at Grimsby. Her UK official number was 118913 and her code letters were VFRM. [5]

GCR and LNER career

City of Leeds and City of Bradford ran scheduled services between Grimsby and Hamburg. In 1913 City of Bradford's tonnages were revised to 1,349  GRT and 739  NRT. [6]

When the First World War began at the end of July 1914, City of Leeds was caught unawares. The German Navy captured her off Heligoland [ citation needed ] and took her to Hamburg as a prize. She was converted into a naval repair ship, then a tender ship and finally an escort ship. By 1916 she had been renamed Donau. In 1919 she was returned to Grimsby and her name was reverted to City of Bradford. [4]

In 1923 City of Bradford's tonnages were revised again to 1,360  GRT and 677  NRT. [7] In the same year the Great Central became part of the new London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), and City of Bradford became part of its fleet. [8]

By 1930 City of Bradford was equipped for wireless telegraphy and her navigation equipment included submarine signalling. [9] In 1934 the call sign MCXZ superseded her code letters. [10] From 1935 Associated Humber Lines managed her.[ citation needed ]

Near East Shipping Company

In 1936 the LNER sold City of Bradford to the Near East Shipping Co, which was managed from Haifa in Palestine. [11] Her new owner renamed the ship Hanne and registered her in London. [12]

In the Second World War Hanne was in the Mediterranean. In November 1940 she was part of Convoy AS 5 from Piraeus to Port Said. [13] In February 1942 she was part of Convoy AT 29 from Alexandria to Tobruk. [14]

Convoy AT 29 comprised only three merchant ships: the Palestinian Alisa, Danish Bintang, and Hanne. It had no naval escort. The three ships left Alexandria on 20 February 1942. [14] Two days later German aircraft attacked the convoy, sinking Hanne off the coast of Egypt and Bintang off the coast of Libya. Four members of Hanne's crew and 19 members of Bintang's crew were killed. [15] [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Relations with the West Riding" . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. Leeds. 9 June 1903. Retrieved 10 November 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "City of Leeds". Shipping and Shipbuilding. Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Earle's Co. and the "City of Bradford"" . Hull Daily Mail . Hull. 24 July 1903. Retrieved 10 November 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. 1 2 "City of Bradford". Shipping and Shipbuilding. Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  5. ↑ Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen (1904). Mercantile Navy List. Board of Trade. p. 79. Retrieved 9 March 2021– via Crew List Index Project.
  6. ↑ Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen (1913). Mercantile Navy List. Board of Trade. p. 107. Retrieved 9 March 2021– via Crew List Index Project.
  7. ↑ Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen (1923). Mercantile Navy List. Board of Trade. p. 103. Retrieved 9 March 2021– via Crew List Index Project.
  8. ↑ Harnack 1930, p. 413.
  9. ↑ Lloyd's Register, Steamers and Motor Ships (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register. 1930. Retrieved 9 March 2021– via Southampton City Council.
  10. ↑ Lloyd's Register, Steamers and Motor Ships (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register. 1934. Retrieved 9 March 2021– via Southampton City Council.
  11. ↑ Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen (1937). Mercantile Navy List. Board of Trade. p. 184. Retrieved 9 March 2021– via Crew List Index Project.
  12. ↑ Lloyd's Register, Steamers and Motor Ships (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register. 1936. Retrieved 9 March 2021– via Southampton City Council.
  13. ↑ Hague, Arnold. "Convoy AS.5". Shorter Convoy Series. Don Kindell, Convoyweb. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  14. 1 2 Hague, Arnold. "Convoy AT.29". AT Convoy Series. Don Kindell, Convoyweb. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  15. ↑ Vleggeert, Nico; Allen, Tony. "MV Bintang [+1942]". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  16. ↑ Vleggeert, Nico; Allen, Tony. "SS Hanne (+1942)". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 9 March 2021.

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