SS I P Suhr

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I.P. Suhr
History
Name
  • Siegmund (1926-29)
  • Thielbeck (1929-39)
  • Ingrid Traber (1939-45)
  • Empire Condover (1945-46)
  • Fornes (1946-48)
  • I.P. Suhr (1948-52)
Owner
  • Emil R Retzlaff (1926-26)
  • Knohr & Buchard (1929-39)
  • Traber & Co (1939-45)
  • Ministry of War Transport (1945)
  • Ministry of Transport (1945-46)
  • Norwegian Government (1946-48)
  • AS Det Danske Kulkompagni (1948-50)
Operator
  • Emil R Retzlaff (1926-26)
  • Knohr& Buchard (1929-39)
  • Traber & Co (1939-45)
  • E R Newbigin Ltd (1945-46)
  • Norwegian Government (1946-48)
  • A Møller & N Westergaard (1948-50)
Port of registry
  • Weimar Republic Stettin (1926-26)
  • Weimar Republic Hamburg (1929-33)
  • Nazi Germany Hamburg (1933-45)
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom (1945-46)
  • Norway Oslo (1946-48)
  • Denmark København (1948-50)
BuilderOstseewerft AG,
Launched1926
Out of service1 December 1950
Identification
  • Code Letters JBNG (1927-34)
  • Code Letters DHXP (1934-45)
  • Code Letters GMWZ (1945-46)
  • Code Letters OYFJ (1948-50)
  • United Kingdom
    Official Number
    180720 (1945-46)
FateWrecked
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship
Tonnage
  • 1,883 GRT (1926-48)
  • 1,999 GRT (1948-50)
  • 1,084 NRT (1926-48)
  • 1,132 NRT (1948-50)
  • 2,820 DWT (1948-50)
Length266 ft 9 in (81.31 m)
Beam41 ft 1 in (12.52 m)
Depth18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
Installed powerCompound steam engine
PropulsionScrew propeller
Crew21 (I.P. Suhr)

I.P. Suhr was a 1,649 GRT

Norwegian Government
and renamed Fornes. She was sold into merchant service in 1948 and renamed I.P. Suhr, serving until December 1950 when she capsized and sank.

Description

The ship was launched on 18 Dezember 1926 at Ostseewerft AG, Stettin, completed in March 1927 and put into service on 21 March 1927.[1][2][3]

The ship was 266 feet 9 inches (81.31 m) long, with a beam of 41 feet 1 inch (12.52 m) a depth of 18 feet 6 inches (5.64 m). She had a GRT of 1,883. and a NRT of 1,084.[4]

The ship was propelled by a compound steam engine which had two cylinders of 16+1⁄2 inches (42 cm) and two cylinders of 35+7⁄16 inches (90.0 cm) diameter by 35+7⁄16 inches (90.0 cm) stroke. The engine was built by Ostsee Werft.[4]

History

Siegmund was built for

Code Letters JBNG were allocated.[4] On 9 December 1934, Thielbek ran aground at Befanaes, Denmark.[6] She was later refloated and arrived at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany on 16 December.[7]

In 1934, her Code Letters were changed to DHXP.

Lloyds Register, she continued to be listed as Thielbek.[9] Ingrid Traber was a member of a convoy which departed Hamburg on 6 March 1942 bound for Norway.[10] On 1 May 1945, Ingrid Traber was in collision with the Hamburg-Südamerikanische Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft steamship Brunhilde.[11]

In May 1945, Ingrid Traber was seized by the Allies. She was passed to the MoWT and renamed Empire Condover.

Code Letters OYFJ were allocated. She was placed under the management of A Møller and N Westergaard. I.P. Suhr was recorded as 1,999 GRT, 1,132 NRT, 2,820 DWT.[13] On 1 December 1950, I.P. Suhr was on a voyage from Gdańsk, Poland to Aarhus, Denmark when she capsized and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Sandhammaren, Sweden with the loss of 20 of her 21 crew. The wreck was blown up in 1952 and salvaged as scrap.[1][14]

References

  1. ^
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  2. ^ Miramar Ship Index, Siegmund
  3. ^ Luftwaffe zur See, Ingrid Traber
  4. ^ a b c "LLOYD'S REGISTER, STEAMERS & MOTORSHIPS" (PDF). Plimsoll Ship Data. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  5. ^ "Empire C". Mariners. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  6. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 46933. London. 10 December 1934. col B, p. 25.
  7. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 46940. London. 18 December 1934. col D, p. 27.
  8. ^ "LLOYD'S REGISTER, STEAMERS & MOTORSHIPS" (PDF). Plimsoll Ship Data. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  9. ^ "Details of the Ship". Plimsoll Ship Data. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  10. ^ "D/S LAHNECK (3)". DDG Hansa Ships Photos. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  11. ^ "D/S BRUNHILDE". DDG Hansa Ships Photos. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  12. ^ "LLOYD'S REGISTER, STEAMERS & MOTORSHIPS" (PDF). Plimsoll Ship Data. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  13. ^ "Danmarks Skibsliste 1950" (PDF) (in Danish). Sjofartens Bibliotek. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  14. ^ "Einige Zivile Schiffskatastrophen von 1900 - 2009" (in German). Schiffe. Retrieved 8 June 2010.

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