Väring (ship, 1898)

Väring

The Väring

Ship data flag  Sweden other ship names Elna (1898-1923) Callsign SHJU NJTV (1898-1923) home port Höganäs Owner Förnyade Rederi AB Commercial, Höganäs Shipyard Sir Raylton Dixon and Company , Middlesbrough Build number 454 Launch 4th July 1898 Whereabouts sunk on December 15, 1948 after collision

Ship dimensions and crew length 73.20 m ( Lüa ) width 10.80 m Draft Max. 5.20 m measurement 1333 BRT 832 NRT

Machine system machine 3-cylinder, triple expansion steam engine , 1 boiler (C. Clark, Sunderland) Machine performance 650 bhb Top speed 8 kn (15 km / h) propeller 1

Transport capacities Load capacity 1980 tdw

Others

The Väring was a steamship that was launched on December 15, 1948 on the Baltic Sea between Fehmarn and Lolland at the position 54 ° 28 ′ 1 ″  N , 11 ° 33 ′ 3 ″  E, coordinates: 54 ° 28 ′ 1 ″  N , 11 ° 33 '3 "  O . sank after a collision. The wreck is now a popular diving spot.

history

The Väring was launched on July 4, 1898 at the Sir Raylton Dixon and Company shipyard in Middlesbrough and was christened Elna . She drove for the Heimdal D / SA / S shipping company in Copenhagen until 1923 . On February 13, 1923, it was sold to Förnyade Rederi AB Commercial in Höganäs and renamed Väring .

The Väring had a sister ship called Therese .

collision

The Väring was laden with coal on the way from Danzig to Lorient when she was rammed by the Soviet merchant ship Stepan Khalturin (IMO 5340601) in poor visibility . The Väring's crew was completely rescued by the Stepan Khalturin . However, the Väring sank immediately after the collision and is now a target for recreational divers.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ picture of Elna. Retrieved April 29, 2020 . 
2. ^ The Engineer, Volume 86 . Morgan-Grampian, 1898 (pp. 44, 217).
3. ↑ Elna ID 11424. Retrieved April 28, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Danmarks Skipslist 1920, page 12. (PDF) Accessed on April 28, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Investigation Report 75/02 (Very serious marine casualty: doom MY "Diver") . Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation, 2003 (page 6).
6. ↑ Sveriges skeppslista . PA Norstedt och Söner, 1931 (pages 28, 176, 298).
7. ^ The Steamship, Volume 10 . 1899 (page (s) 115).
8. ↑ Sjöhistoriska museet - Förnyade Rederi AB Commercial - VÄRING. Retrieved April 28, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Returns of ships totally lost, broken up, & c. (1st October to 31st December 1948) . Lloyd's Register of Shipping., London 1948 (page 9).