10.01.2014 19:16

"Three island"

"Three island" var flokkur skipa nefndur í gamla daga Og lýst þannig:" Two classes of ship were based on the Scandinavian design general cargo ship. The smaller 'three island' type of around 2,800 gross tons were built between 1941 and 1944. These vessels played an important role as crane ships in unloading the Arctic convoys at the Russian ports. In the three island class, the boiler was amidships and the cargo handling was grouped around three 'islands' on the superstructure, at the stern, bow and amidships.Ten ships were built in the later and larger (3,500 gross tons) Empire Malta class, which had the boiler aft and the cargo handling grouped around the fore- and main-mas"

Þó þetta skip sé byggt 1924 er það að mínu mati dæmigert "three island"skip

PECAWAT

                                                                                                                 © Rick Cox

Skipið var smíðað hjá Smith's Dock Co í South Bank Bretlandi 1924 sem PEGAWAY Fáninn var: breskur   Það mældist: 1558.0 ts, 1826.0 dwt Loa: 79.20. m, brd 12.00. m Skipið  gekk aðeins undir þessu eina nafni og sama fána En skipið sökk 30 sjm NW af Terschelling LV 04-04-1938  Á leiðinni frá Tyne til Hamborgar með kolafarm


En EMPIRE ELGAR var það sannarlega


                                                                                                                 © Stuart Smith

Skipið var smíðað hjá Gray,SY í W Hartlepool Bretlandi 1942 sem EMPIRE ELGAR Fáninn var:breskur  Það mældist: 2847.0 ts, 4530.0 dwt Loa: 100.00. m, brd 14.20. m Skipið  gekk undir þessum nöfnum: 1947 SEA MINSTREL - 1951 MARANDELLAS - 1956 EDWARD JANSEN - 1960 SLITAN - 1961 PIRIN Nafn sem það bar síðast undir búlgörskum fána En skipið var rifið í Split í Júgóslavíu 1965
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