Lady Denham

Lady Denham

Ship data flag  British Gambia Ship type Passenger ship home port Bathurst Owner British Gambian Government (most recently) Shipyard Philip and Son , Dartmouth Build number 760 Launch 1929 Whereabouts wrecked, December 1946

Ship dimensions and crew length 38.1 m ( Lüa ) width 7.62 m Draft Max. 2.74 m displacement 297  t

Machine system machine Compound steam engine propeller 2

The Lady Denham was a passenger ship on the Gambia Current in the West African state of Gambia . It was used for regular ferry services along the river.

Technical specifications

The ship had 297 gross register tons and the dimensions 38.1 × 7.62 m. The draft of the ship was 2.74 m. The steamship was propelled by two screws.

The ship was shown as a motif on postage stamps in 1980.

history

The ship was built in 1929 for the then British colony of Gambia by the British shipyard Philip and Son in Dartmouth as Yard No 760 and commissioned. The passenger ship was christened Lady Denham , the name of the wife of the then British Governor Edward Brandis Denham .

During its operation, it moved over a distance of 390 kilometers or 300 miles from the Gambian capital Bathurst (today's name: Banjul) on the Atlantic Ocean upstream to Basse Santa Su . She covered this distance in around a week.

The Lady Denham , like the later Lady Chilel Jawara, also served as a mobile post office. The mail items were stamped “TPO - Traveling Post Office” at no extra charge.

In December 1946, the Lady Denham collided with another ship named Vic 20 about 3.45 kilometers downstream from Kuntaur and about two kilometers east of Bird Island . The Lady Denham sank, but there were no fatalities. From the wreck you can still see masts sticking out of the river water. The Lady Wright, built in 1949, was put into service as a replacement .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Mariners , accessed July 2011
2. ↑ ^{a b} River trip , accessed July 2011
3. ↑ Michael Tomkinson: Michael Tomkinson's Gambia Tomkinson, London [u. a.] 1987, ISBN 0-905500-00-8
4. ↑ The Making of “Yanimarew” PDF file
5. ↑ Other sources wrongly report 1948,
   see also Inquiry into the cause of and responsibility for the collision in the River Gambia between HMCS "Lady Denham" and HMCS "Vic 20." ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info : The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 418 kB) 
6. ↑ A Krio Engagement and other stories ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed July 2011 
7. ↑ Bossman and Bosslady at the Hippo Stakeout ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed July 2011 
8. ^ The Gambia 2: Going up river , accessed July 2011

Coordinates: 13 ° 42 ′ 5.3 "  N , 14 ° 54 ′ 6.3"  W.