SS Maudie

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SS Maudie
History
Name
  • Maudie (1920-38)
  • Angra (1938-42)
  • Mercator (1942-45)
  • Empire Crouch (1945-46)
  • Mercator (1946-56)
  • Ruth Nurminen (1956-59)
Owner
  • A/S Hvalen (1920-29)
  • A/S Hektor (1929-37)
  • Rederi AB Atlanta-Laivanvarustaja OY Atlanta (1937-42)
  • A/B Finland-Amerika Lijnen [Finland America Line] (1942-44)
  • Kriegsmarine (1944)
  • Atlas Reederi AG (1944-45)
  • Ministry of War Transport (1945)
  • Ministry of Transport (1945-48)
  • AB Finland — Amerika Linjen OY [Finland America Line] (1948-52)
  • Suomen Höyrylaiva OY — Finska Ångfartygs AB [Finsk Line] (1952-56)
  • John Nurminen OY (1956-59)
Operator
  • N Bugge (1920-37)
  • Birger Krogius (1937-38)
  • Rederi AB Atlanta-Laivanvarustaja OY Atlanta (1938-42)
  • A/B Finland-Amerika Linjen [Finland America Line] (1942-44)
  • Schulte & Bruns (1944-45)
  • Gibbs & Co Ltd (1945-46)
  • AB Finland — Amerika Linjen OY [Finland America Line] (1946-52)
  • Suomen Höyrylaiva OY — Finska Ångfartygs AB [Finsk Line] (1952-56)
  • John Nurminen OY (1956-59)
Port of registry
  • Norway Tønsberg (1920-37)
  • Finland Helsinki (1937-44)
  • Nazi Germany Emden (1944-45)
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom (1945-46)
  • Finland Helsinki (1946-59)
BuilderLithgows Ltd
Yard number725
Launched30 July 1920
Completed1920
Out of service11 September 1941
Identification
  • Finnish
    Official Number
    803 (1937-43)
  • Code Letters LBDM (1920-34)
  • Code Letters OFAJ (1937-44)
  • Code Letters DKML (1944- )
  • Code Letters DVQB ( -1945)
  • Finnish
    Official Number
    803 (1947-59)
  • Code Letters OFAJ (1946-59)
Captured
  • by Nazi Germany on 16 September 1944
  • by the Allies in May 1945
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and type
  • Tanker (1920-37)
  • Cargo ship (1937-59)
Tonnage
  • 4,661 GRT (1920-48)
  • 4,748 GRT (1948-55)
  • 4,631 GRT (1955-59)
  • 2,757 NRT (1920-48)
  • 2,740 NRT (1948-59)
Length384 ft 7 in (117.22 m)
Beam52 ft 0 in (15.85 m)
Draught
  • 24 ft 3 in (7.39 m) (1920-42)
  • 23 ft 9 in (7.24 m) (1942-44)
  • 23 feet 11 inches (7.29 m) (1944-47)
  • 24 feet 1 inch (7.34 m) (1947-54)
  • 23 feet 6 inches (7.16 m) (1954-59)
Depth
  • 26 ft 2 in (7.98 m) (1920-55)
  • 26 ft 7 in (8.10 m) (1955-59)
Ice classIIA
PropulsionTriple expansion steam engine, single screw propeller
Speed10 knots (19 km/h)

Maudie was a 4,661 GRT

British Shipping Controller, she was completed as Maudie for a Norwegian company. In 1937, she was sold to Finland
and renamed Angra. A further sale in 1942 saw her renamed Mercator.

She was seized by Germany in 1944 and then seized by the United Kingdom as a prize of war, passing to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) as Empire Crouch. In 1946, she was returned to her Finnish owner and regained her former name Mercator. A sale in 1956 saw her renamed Ruth Nurminen. She served until scrapped in 1959.

Description

The ship was built in 1920 by Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow.[1] She was Yard Number 725.[2]

The ship was 384 feet 7 inches (117.22 m) long, with a beam of 52 feet 0 inches (15.85 m).[2] As built, she had a depth of 26 feet 2 inches (7.98 m), and a draught of 24 feet 3 inches (7.39 m).[3] She was assessed at 4,661 GRT.[1] 2,757 NRT.[3]

The ship was propelled by a 2,650

triple expansion steam engine.,[3] which had cylinders of 26 inches (66 cm), 43 inches (110 cm) and 70 inches (180 cm) diameter by 48 inches (120 cm) stroke. The engine was built by Rankin & Blackmore, Greenock.[4] It drove a single screw propeller and could propel the ship at 10 knots (19 km/h). She was assessed as Ice Class IIA.[5]

History

Laid down as War Peshwa for the

Official Number 804 were allocated.[3] Converted to a dry cargo ship,[7] she was operated under the management of Birger Krogius, Helsinki until 1938.[3] On 14 January,[5] she was renamed Angra.[3][8] On 5 February, she arrived at Turku for conversion to a cargo ship by Ab Crichton-Vulcan Oy.[5] In 1942, Angra was sold to AB Finland — Amerika Linjen OY (Finland America Line) and renamed Mercator, in place of an earlier ship of that name which had been sunk by enemy action on 1 December 1939.[8] Her draught was assessed as 23 feet 9 inches (7.24 m)[3]

On 2 September 1944,

Official Number and Code Letters. Mercator was operated by her former owners, to whom she was returned in 1948.[1] Mercator was assessed as 4,748 GRT, 2,740 NRT, with her draught assessed as 24 feet 1 inch (7.34 m).[3]

In 1951, Mercator was sold to Suomen Höyrylaiva OY — Finska Ångfartygs AB (Finsk Line), Helsinki. In 1955, her draught was reassessed as 23 feet 6 inches (7.16 m) In 1957, she was sold to John Nurminen OY, Helsinki,[3] and was renamed Ruth Nurminen.[1] She was assessed as 4,631 GRT, with a depth of 26 feet 7 inches (8.10 m).[3] Ruth Nurminen served until 1959, arriving on 4 April at Yokohama, Japan for scrapping.[2]

References

  1. ^
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  2. ^ a b c d "Launched 1920: ss MAUDIE". Clydesite. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Ship Card #2438". Finnish Mercantile Marine Database. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  4. ^ a b "LLOYD'S REGISTER, NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET A MOTEURS" (PDF). Plimsoll Ship Data. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "Thema: Oktober 1942" (in English and German). Marine Archiv. Retrieved 7 May 2011.[Note A]
  6. ^ "WWI Standard Built Ships". Mariners. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  7. ^ a b c d "STANDARD WWI SHIPS, WAR P - WAR S." Mariners. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  8. ^ a b Sjöström, Bengt. "Suomen Etelä-Amerikan linja" (in Finnish). Suomen Laivahistoraa. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  9. ^ "Legal Notices". The Times. No. 50252. London. 20 September 1945. col C, p. 1.

Notes

  1. ^ See rationale at talk page as to the usability of this source.

Further reading

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