History
NameRedesmere
NamesakeRedes Mere
Owner
Port of registryUnited Kingdom Liverpool
BuilderSunderland Shipbuilding Co., Sunderland, England
Launched7 September 1911
Completed5 October 1911
IdentificationOfficial number: 124298
FateSunk by submarine, 28 October 1917
General characteristics
TypeFreighter
Tonnage
Length290 ft (88.4 m)
Beam42.7 ft (13.0 m)
Draught19.5 ft (5.9 m)
Installed power
Propulsion1 screw propeller; 1 triple-expansion steam engine
Speed9.75 knots (18.06 km/h; 11.22 mph)

SS Redesmere was a small freighter built during the First World War. Completed in 1915, she was intended for the West African trade. The ship was sunk by the German submarine SM U-70 in October 1917.

Description

Redesmere had an overall length of 290 feet (88.4 m), with a beam of 42.7 feet (13.0 m) and a draught of 19.5 feet (5.9 m). The ship was assessed at 2,123 gross register tons (GRT) and 1,323 net register tons (NRT). She had a vertical triple-expansion steam engine driving a single screw propeller. The engine was rated at a total of 226 nominal horsepower and produced 1,200 indicated horsepower (890 kW). This gave her a maximum speed of 9.75 knots (18.06 km/h; 11.22 mph).[1]

Construction and career

Redesmere, named after Redes Mere,[2] was laid down as yard number 266 by the Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. at its shipyard in Sunderland for the Watson Steamship Co. The ship was launched on 7 September 1911 and completed on 5 October. She was sold to the Lever Brothers' newly formed Bromport Steamship Co. on 11 May 1916. Redesmere was enroute to Southampton from Barry, with a load of coal when she was torpedoed and sunk by UB-40 6 miles (9.7 km) west of St Catherine's Point on 28 October 1917.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Fenton, p. S646
  2. ↑ Fenton, p. S651
  3. ↑ Fenton, pp. S642, S646

Bibliography

  • Fenton, Roy (December 2022). "Levers' Early Shipping Ventures: Bromport Steamship Co., Ltd. and its Predecessors". Marine News Supplement. 76 (12): S340–S352. ISSN 0966-6958.
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