RADIOLEINE (2)

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john sefton
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RADIOLEINE (2)

Post by john sefton » Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:13 pm

Auxiliary
Yard of Normandy, Grand-Quevilly.
Launched: February 20th, 1912.
In service: June 1912.
Characteristics:106.65 x 15.77 x 7.54 m; 4,029 tons. ;

Alternate machine with 3 cylinders; 900 HP - 11 knots.
Oil transport built under the name of RADIOLEINE (2nd of the name) for Société Pétrole-Transports, subsidiary of Compagnie de Navigation Mixte (CNM), Marseilles and Compagnie Industrielle des Pétroles (CIP), to replace the first of the name sold to the French navy.
May 1912: left yard of Grand-QueviÏly to be completed in Ateliers of Saint-Nazaire, Penhoët.
1912: transport of petrol and other products refined between the east coast of the United States and Rouen, the voyages last one month and half
October 15th, 1914 - November 16th, 1916: requisitioned at New-Orleans, the name of RADIOLEINE preserved.
July 23rd, 1917: torpedoed by the German submarine U 96 (KL Heinrich Jess) with 400 miles in the WSW of Fastnet by 48°55N and 17°15W, she is damaged by the torpedo but does not run. Given up by its crew during torpedoing, this one turns over on board the next day, the ship arrives healthy and except in a British port.
1925: sold to the South-African Company Irvin & Johnson Ltd, Durban, South Africa.
1925 to 1929 used by its subsidiary Kerguelen Whaling and sealing Co Ltd in contract with Bossière brothers: the seals were hunted and cut up. 
Bacon was transferred onto Radioleine and was cooked in two large boilers in front of the ship. 
Oil obtained was then stored in the tanks of the ship.
18.10.1935: demolished in Fredrikstad.

Information by Pierre Couesnon, an historian of French Antarctic, supplied by Jean-Louis Araignon
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D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen
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Re: RADIOLEINE (2)

Post by D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen » Fri Nov 13, 2015 7:47 pm

RADIOLEINE
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Re: RADIOLEINE (2)

Post by aukepalmhof » Sat Nov 14, 2015 2:21 am

Built as a tanker under yard No 137 by Chantiers de Normandie, Grand-Queville, France for Sociéte Pétrole-Transport.
20 February 1912 launched as the RADIOLEINE (2)
Tonnage 4,029 gross, 2,305 net, 5,300 dwt, dim. 106.65 (bpp) x 15.77 x 7.54m.
One 3 cyl. triple expansion steam machine, 900 hp, speed 11 knots.
June 1912 completed. Homeport Marseilles

She was built to replace the first RADIOLEINE (1) which was sold to the French Navy.
May 1912 she sailed from the yard to be completed at Ateliers of Saint-Nazaire, Penhoët, France.
Used in the trade between the east coast of the USA and Rouen France with oil. The round trip took around 45 days.
15 October 1914 requisitioned at New Orleans to transport oil for the war effort till her charter ended on 16 November 1916.
23 July 1917 torpedoed by the German submarine U-96 (Kl. Heinrich Jess) 400 miles WSW of Fastnet at 48 55N and 17 15W.
Her crew abandoned the ship in the lifeboats, but even if she was heavily damaged, she did not sink. They returned to the ship the next day, managing to start the engine and arriving safely in a UK port.
1925? Sold to South-African Company Irvin & Johnson (South Africa) Ltd., Cape Town. Not renamed.
Used by its subsidiary Kerguelen Whaling and Sealing Co. Ltd., which had a contract with the Bossiére brothers to hunt seals. After butchering the seals, the fat was loaded onto the RADIOLEINE which cooked the seal fat in two large boilers fitted up the front part of the ship. The oil extracted was then stored in the tanks of the ship until it could be transported to Europe.
End August 1924 she arrived with a fleet of small catchers at Kerguelen.
23 February 1929 she left for the last time the Kerguelen after the contract ended and not was renewed by the French.
18 October 1935 she arrived by the breakers yard at Fredrikstad, Norway.

Terres Australes & Antarctic Terr. 2015 2.40 Euro sg?, scott?
Source: Watercraft Philately Volume 61 page 60/61. Internet.

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