SS Mount Ida
History | |
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Name |
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Namesake |
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Owner | Atlanticos Steam Ship Co Ltd and others[1] |
Operator | Rethymnis & Kulukundis, London[1] |
Port of registry | Piraeus, Greece |
Builder | William Hamilton & Co. Ltd[1] |
Launched | 4 February 1938 |
Maiden voyage | 1938 |
Identification |
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Fate | Wrecked 9 October 1939 off Norfolk, England |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cargo ship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 380.5 ft (116.0 m)[1] |
Beam | 56.2 ft (17.1 m)[1] |
Depth | 23.5 ft (7.2 m)[1] |
Installed power | 380 NHP[1] |
Propulsion | 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine; single screw[1] |
Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph)[citation needed] |
Crew | 29[citation needed] |
The SS Mount Ida was a cargo ship built in 1938 by William Hamilton & Co. Ltd of Glasgow.[1] Launched in 1938 as Arcscott, she was renamed Mount Ida after being bought by the Atlanticos Steam Ship Company Ltd, of Athens, Greece.[1] She was wrecked in 1939 after being in service for only about 18 months.
Propulsion
Mount Ida had eight corrugated furnaces with a combined grate area of 143 square feet (13 m2) that heated two 220 psi (1,500 kPa) single-ended boilers with a combined heating surface of 5,742 square feet (533 m2).[1] She had also an auxiliary boiler.[1] The boilers fed a three-cylinder triple expansion steam engine rated at 380 nominal horsepower[1] that was built by David Rowan & Co Ltd, Glasgow.[1] Mount Ida's service speed was about 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph).[citation needed]
Final voyage
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In the autumn of 1939 Mount Ida, carrying a cargo of grain and timber, and with a crew of 29, left
Despite being equipped with
The
The H.F. Bailey crossed Leman Bank and reached the Mount Ida around 1230 hrs. By this time the ship's starboard
By 1415 hrs conditions had improved and Blogg, using the lifeboat's powerful engines with great skill, was able to maintain a steady position alongside the ship for over an hour. During this time all 29 crewmen were brought off successfully, though one suffered crushed legs when he hesitated to descend the rope ladder and was trapped between the lifeboat and the Mount Ida; he later died of his injuries in Cromer Hospital.
During the rescue, the lifeboat was continually flung against the hull of the Mount Ida. Because the H F Bailey was badly damaged, Cromer's no 2 lifeboat, Harriot Dixon, was called out to bring the rescued men ashore. The Harriot Dixon, too, was damaged as it was launched into heavy seas, but the rescue effort was successful.
The Mount Ida was never salvaged and slowly sank into the sands of Ower Bank. Her position was 53°10′44″N 1°55′46″E / 53.17889°N 1.92944°E.
References
Sources
- Jolly, Cyril (1981). The Loss of the English Trader. Cambridge: ISBN 0-906554-06-3.
- Jolly, Cyril (2002). Henry Blogg, the Greatest of the Lifeboatmen. Cromer: Poppyland Publishing. ISBN 0-946148-59-7.
- Leach, Nicholas; Russell, Paul (2004). Cromer Lifeboats 1804–2004. Stroud: ISBN 0-7524-3197-8.
- Tikus, Ayer (2004). The Ship-wrecks off North East Norfolk. Ayer Tikus Publications.