SS Vasari (1908)

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History
Name
  • Vasari (1908–28)
  • Arctic Queen (1928–35)
  • Pishchevaya Industriya (1935–79)
Namesake Giorgio Vasari (1908–28)
Owner
  • Liverpool, Brazil and River Plate SN Co (1909–28)
  • Hellyer Bros, Ltd (1928–35)
  • Dal'ryba (1935–79)
Operator
Port of registry
BuilderSir Raylton Dixon & Co Ltd
Yard number539
Launched8 December 1908
CompletedApril 1909
Identification
FateScrapped 1979
General characteristics
Type ocean liner
Tonnage
  • 1909–28: 10,117  GRT, 6,352  NRT
  • 1928–79: 10,078  GRT, 5,327  NRT
Length486 ft (148 m)
Beam59.3 ft (18.1 m)
Depth27.4 ft (8.4 m)
Decks2
Installed power448 NHP
Propulsion2 × 4-cylinder quadruple-expansion engines, twin screws
Sensors and
processing systems		wireless direction finding (by 1930); echo sounding device (by 1934)

Vasari was a 1908 steam ocean liner that was built in England, operated by the British Lamport and Holt Line and used on its service between New York and the River Plate.

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In 1928 she was sold to a Hull deep-sea fishing undertaking who had her rebuilt as the fish factory ship Arctic Queen. In 1935 she was sold to the USSR, who renamed her Pishchevaya Industriya. She survived until 1979, when she was scrapped in Taiwan.

Building

Sir Raylton Dixon & Co Ltd of Middlesbrough built Vasari for Lamport and Holt as yard number 539. [1] She was launched on 8 December 1908 as Vasari, named after the 16th-century Italian painter and architect Giorgio Vasari (1511–74). Since 1906 Lamport and Holt policy was to name its passenger liners after artists and engineers beginning with "V". Together they became known as "V-class ships".

Vasari was 486 ft (148 m) long and had a beam of 59.3 ft (18.1 m). [2] As built, her tonnages were 10,117  GRT and 6,352  NRT. [1] She was Lamport and Holt's first ship of more than 10,000  GRT. Previous V-class liners had ranged in size from the 7,120  GRT Verdi to the 8,615  GRT Voltaire, both of which were launched in 1907. [3]

Vasari had twin screws, driven by a pair of four-cylinder quadruple-expansion engines built by Richardsons, Westgarth & Co, that between them developed 448 NHP. [2]

Passenger service

Since the 1860s Lamport and Holt had operated a cargo and passenger service between New York and the River Plate via ports in the Caribbean and Brazil. Its ships were predominantly cargo vessels but each carried a few passengers. From 1902 Lamport and Holt had added new ships to the route that had more passenger berths. Until about 1913 Vasari was the largest and most luxurious ship on the route. [4]

By 1913 Vasari was equipped for wireless telegraphy, operating on the 300 and 600 metre wavelengths. Her call sign was UVR. [5]

In the First World War Lamport and Holt lost the V-class liners Vandyck, Verdi and Voltaire to enemy action. On 21 August 1917 a torpedo narrowly missed Vasari on the North Atlantic northwest of Ireland. [6]

To replace the three V-class liners sunk in the Great War, Lamport and Holt ordered two larger and more luxurious new ships. A new 13,233  GRT Vandyck was launched in 1921, and was joined by a new 13,243  GRT Voltaire launched in 1923. [7] By 1928 Vasari was surplus to Lamport and Holt's requirements and was sold.

Fish factory ship

Hellyer Brothers of Hull bought Vasari, had her converted into a fish factory ship to process halibut caught off Greenland and renamed her Arctic Queen. [1] The rebuild changed her tonnages to 10,078  GRT and 5,327  NRT. By 1930 she was equipped with wireless direction finding, [2] and by 1934 she was further equipped with an echo sounding device. [8]

In 1935 Hellyer Brothers sold Arctic Queen to the USSR, who renamed her Pishchevaya Industriya and based her in Vladivostok. [1] Lloyd's Register still listed her in 1945 [9] but in later years deleted her, having assumed that so old a ship must have been scrapped or lost. [10]

In 1979 Pishchevaya Industriya made her final voyage via Hong Kong [10] to Kaohsiung in Taiwan, were she arrived in February to be scrapped after seven decades of service. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Vasari". Tees Built Ships. Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Lloyd's Register 1930 , ARC
  3. ↑ Heaton 2004, p. 52.
  4. ↑ Heaton 2004, p. 49.
  5. ↑ The Marconi Press Agency Ltd 1913, p. 262.
  6. ↑ Heaton 2004, p. 59.
  7. ↑ Heaton 2004, p. 70.
  8. ↑ Lloyd's Register 1934, ARC–ARD.
  9. ↑ Lloyd's Register 1945, PIP–PLA.
  10. 1 2 Heaton 2004, p. 47.

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