RADIOLEINE (2)
Posted: 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
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