Boris (ship, 1894)

Boris

Ship data flag  Bulgaria Ship type Combined ship home port Varna , Bulgaria Shipping company Societé Commerciale Bulgare de Navigation à Vapeur Shipyard Wigham Richardson & Co , Newcastle upon Tyne Build number 302 Launch May 21, 1894 Commissioning June 23, 1894 Whereabouts November 9, 1920 after collision near Sevastopol fell

Ship dimensions and crew length 67.05 m ( Lüa ) width 9.75 m Draft Max. 5.39 m measurement 869 GRT , 542 NRT

Machine system machine 3 cylinder triple expansion machine Machine performance 165 hp (121 kW) Top speed 13.2 kn (24 km / h) propeller 1

Transport capacities Load capacity 804 dw Permitted number of passengers 48

The Boris was a passenger and cargo ship built in 1894 . The Boris and Bulgaria were the first ships of the new shipping company Societé Commerciale Bulgare de Navigation à Vapeur and mark the beginning of modern Bulgarian sea trade. In 1920 it sank after a collision in the Black Sea .

Construction and technical data

The ship was as a passenger and cargo ship at Wigham Richardson & Co in Wallsend in Newcastle upon Tyne with the hull number built 302 and ran on 21 May 1894 which Helling Neptune Yard in the district Low Walker launched . The completion and delivery took place on June 23, 1894. The ship was 67.05 meters long and 9.75 meters wide, had a draft of 5.39 meters and was measured at 869 GRT or 542 NRT. The load-bearing capacity was 804 dwt . A three-cylinder triple expansion steam engine from Wigham Richardson & Co. produced 165 nominal horsepower and allowed a speed of up to 13.2 knots via one screw . The ship offered accommodation for 24 first class passengers and 24 second class passengers.

history

Immediately after completion, the ship was handed over to the Societé Commerciale Bulgare de Navigation à Vapeur and delivered. The Boris was the first ship flying the Bulgarian flag to pass the Dardanelles and arrived in her new home port of Varna in August / September 1894 . In the next few years the Boris operated between Bulgarian ports and the eastern Mediterranean: The first commercial voyages began in September 1894 on the route Varna - Burgas - Constantinople . Later further trips also led to Odessa , Piraeus , Kavala , Italy and France . The Boris transported agricultural products such as wheat, corn, cattle, leather and more.

During the Balkan Wars of 1912/1913 the ship participated in the support of the Bulgarian army and transported troops as well as ammunition and other supplies. In the First World War was Boris mobilized. In addition to the transport of military supplies, the ship also served as an auxiliary mine-layer on several missions . After the armistice of Thessaloniki on September 29, 1918, French troops confiscated the ship until 1920. During the Russian civil war , it was damaged on October 13, 1920 during the evacuation of Belarusian troops from the Crimea in an air raid by Soviet Russian planes without any deaths.

Only a few weeks later, the Boris sank on November 9, 1920 after a collision with the Romanian monitor Ion C. Bratianu near Sevastopol .

Web links

• Tyne built ships: Boris (with photos), accessed February 20, 2019
• SS Boris (+1920) at wrecksite.eu , accessed on February 20, 2019
• Pencho Slaveykov Regional Library: Old Varna (Bulgarian) , accessed February 20, 2019
• Website of the Bulgarian successor shipping company Navibulgar (Bulgarian / English) , accessed on February 20, 2019

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Tyne built ships: Boris
2. ↑ ^{a b} Website of the Bulgarian successor shipping company Navibulgar
3. ↑ ^{a b} Regional Library Pencho Slaveykov: Old Varna
4. ↑ on Ion C. Bratianu cf. Ion C. Bratianu river monitors (1907-1908) at navypedia.org