Paddle Wheel Steamer built 1896 for Hungarian River-Sea Shipping Co., L78.17m B15.24m over paddle wheels. Triple exp engine 840hp 20kn/hr (distance on Danube is measured in Kilometers) 1200 pass. One of the first four ships of the Co and possibly oldest ship on Danube. Restored 1912 at Orsova. Survived WW2 interned in Austria. Rebuilt again 1955 converted to oil fuel. Originally had two funnels as shown on 20f stamp. Hungary SG705. 2275. (LB 2/69 SB 5/58. 2/68)
Dutch Ship of the Line 80 guns. Built 1665 van den Temple, Felfshaven. L163’ B43’. Arm twelve 36pdr sixteen 24pdr fourteen 18pdr twelve 12pdr twenty 6pdrr guns. Crew 475 inc 50 soldiers. Named for the seven provinces of Holland. Served as flagship of many Dutch Admirals, most famous being Lt Ad de Ruyter. Broken up 1694 Netherlands SG849. 1167. (LB 2/73-83 SB 9/57 6/73)
Paddle steamer built 1824. L112’ B13’ Steam engines 50hp. Paddle wheels 12’ diam each with 15 oak paddles. Owned by Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappig. St Thomas & Princ NC (LB 15/15-113)
Aircraft Carrier built 1943 as USS CABOT by New York SB Corp. 16146tn L623’ oa B109’. Four sets geared steam turbines 10,000shp 4 screws 32kn. Arm twentysix 40mm AA guns. Twenty helicopters seven Matador aircraft. Som Sea King anti sub Helicopters. Loaned to Italian Navy 1967 for five years. Renamed DEDALO. Purchased by Italy 1973. Paraguay 1983 NC
Maldive Courage, originally the Owerri of Elder Dempster Lines Ltd. Built by Harland and Wolff Ltd., Belfast, she has a gross tonnage of 5,798, net 2,951, deadweight 7,697. Dimensions are 450 ft. x 62 ft. 4 in. x 34 ft. and draft 28 ft. 01/4 in.
A 2-stroke, single-acting oil engine developing 3,750 bhp gives a speed of 121/2 knots. She was bought by Maldives Shipping Ltd. (managers, Maldivian National Trading Corporation (Ceylon)SG593
Owned by Geest Industries Ltd., she is a motorship of 5,871 gross tons, 3,064 net, 7,509 deadweight, completed in September 1971 by Scott’s of Greenock. A refrigerated vessel, her dimensions are: length, 489 ft. 7 in. (including the bulbous bow), beam 63 ft. 2 in., depth 38 ft. 10 in. and draft 27 ft. 8′/2 in. She has three holds, three decks, and a fourth deck in Nos. I and 2 holds. Powered by a 12,000 bhp Sulzer oil engine, her speed is 21 knots. SG450
The Geeststar was owned by Waling van Geest and registered at Gravenzande, Holland. With a gross tonnage of 1,972, net 1,001 and deadweight 1,998, she was built in 1960 by De Groot and van Vliet, at Slikkerveer, her dimensions being 325 ft. 9 in. x 44 ft. 11 in. x15 ft. 9 in.on a draft of 13 ft. 111/4 in. Originally a gas turbine ship, having four free piston gas generators and a gas turbine geared to a single screw shaft, this machinery was removed in 1964 and replaced by a vee¬type 20-cylinder oil engine. The vessel was sold to the Harvard Shipping Company, Inc., of Panama and renamed Banana Reefer in 1971.SG473
Owners of the Geestcape are Geest Industries Ltd. and she is registered at Boston, Lincs. Tonnages are: gross, 4,338; net 2,056; deadweight 3,800. As there is a tonnage mark painted on each side aft of the load line disc, two sets of tonnages are applicable to the vessel. The figures just quoted apply when the vessel is not loaded beyond the draft indicated by the horizontal line of the tonnage mark. When the vessel is loaded deeper than the mark the following tonnages apply: gross, 7,679; net, 4,119; deadweight, 8,240. Built by Scott’s Greenock, her overall length is 409 ft. 7 in., breadth 53 ft. 2 in., depth, 38 ft. 4 in., and draft 21 ft. 11/4 in./28 ft. 10 in. A Sulzer oil engine developing 10,500 bhp gives the ship a speed of 21 knots. SG472
Lady Rodney of Canadian National Steamships built by Cammell Laird and Co. Ltd., Birkenhead in 1929. The Lady Rodney entered the water on November 30, 1928, with main particulars 8,194 gross tons, 4,936 net, and dimensions 420 ft. 3 in. x 60 ft. 2 in. x 30 ft. 2 in. on a draft of 23 ft. Both ships were driven by sets of four steam turbines, geared to twin screw shafts through single-reduction gearing, the installation developing 1,094 nhp for a speed of 14 knots.
The Lady Rodney was employed on trooping service during the war, afterwards being reconditioned for the Lesser Antilles route, starting on this service in 1947. Sold in 1952, she became the Mecca of the Khedivial Mail Line. SG470
Lady Nelson built by Cammell Laird and Co. Ltd., Birkenhead, in 1928 The Lady Nelson was launched on July 17, 1928, her gross tonnage being 7,970, net 4,916 and dimensions 419 ft. 5 in. x 59 ft.1 in. x 28 ft. 2 in. on a draft of 19 ft. 111/2 in. The Lady Nelson was in Castries Harbour, St. Lucia, on March 9, 1942, when the German submarine U 161 forced an entry by firing a torpedo at the protective net and then sank the Canadian ship. She was refloated in August 1943 and converted to an hospital ship. In August 1947 she returned to her former service. In 1953 she was sold to the Khedivial Mail Line and renamed Gumhzoyat Misr, running on the Jeddah pilgrim trade. Sold again in 1960 to the United Arab Maritime Company, she became the Alwadi.SG469
