SS Frederica (1890)

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Frederica
History
Name
  • 1890: Frederica
  • 1912: Nilufer
Owner
Operator
Port of registry
Builder J & G Thomson, Clydebank
Yard number250
Launched5 June 1890
Identification
FateSunk by mine, 1914
General characteristics
Tonnage1,059  GRT, 193  NRT
Length253.0 ft (77.1 m)
Beam35.1 ft (10.7 m)
Draught15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
Depth14.8 ft (4.5 m)
Decks2
Installed power360 NHP
Propulsion
Crewas 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.

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Building and registration

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]

Career

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]

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References

  1. ↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. 1 2 "Frederica". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "The London and South Western Company" . The Star . London. 14 June 1890. Retrieved 14 November 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. 1 2 3 "Steamers". Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping. London: Lloyd's Register. 1897. FRA–FRE. Retrieved 20 August 2022– via Internet Archive.
  5. ↑ "The Queen at Southampton" . The Morning Post . London. 28 July 1890. Retrieved 14 November 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "The London and South-Western new steamer Frederica" . The Star. London. 31 July 1890. Retrieved 14 November 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Fastest Passage across the Channel" . Hampshire Advertiser . Southampton. 6 September 1890. Retrieved 14 November 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "A Quick Passage" . The Star. London. 21 October 1890. Retrieved 14 November 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ Gömleksiz, Eda Gülşen (2020). "Nilüfer Mayın Gemisi" (PDF). Ankara University : 65–84. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "Turkish Mine-Layer Blown up in the Black Sea" . The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. Leeds. 27 November 1914. Retrieved 14 November 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
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