William Scoresby (ship)

William Scoresby

Ship data flag  United Kingdom Shipyard Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley Build number 477 Launch December 31, 1925 Commissioning June 14, 1926 Decommissioning January 1953 Whereabouts scrapped

Ship dimensions and crew measurement 324 GRT

Machine system machine 1 × triple expansion machine Top speed 12 kn (22 km / h)

Others Registration numbers J122

The William Scoresby was a British research vessel that was built for use in the Discovery Investigations .

history

The ship was built in the mid-1920s under construction number 477 at the Cook, Welton & Gemmell shipyard in Beverley in Yorkshire . The launch took place on December 31, 1925. The ship was then equipped in Queen's Dock in Hull and put into service on June 14, 1926. The ship, about 40 meters long and 8 meters wide, was named after the British navigator and researcher William Scoresby .

The ship was built for use in the Southern Ocean for research trips as part of the Discovery Committee's Discovery Investigations and was used here from 1926 to 1938. Then the ship was in the St Katharine Docks in London launched .

In October 1939 the ship was by the British Admiralty ge charters and by the Royal Navy as HMS William Scoresby used as a minesweeper in the South Atlantic. From the end of January 1944, the ship took part in Operation Tabarin .

In September 1946 the ship was decommissioned and launched by the Royal Navy. In November the Admiralty bought the ship and left it by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary bereedern . As a result it was u. a. Used for whale research off the west coast of Australia in 1950 .

In late 1950, the ship was initially launched again before it was transferred to the National Oceanographic Council on February 26, 1951. In early 1953 it was offered for demolition for £ 2,500. It was finally sold to the British Iron and Steel Corporation for £ 1,900 on May 20, 1954 and scrapped in Sutton Harbor, Plymouth .

Technical specifications

The ship was propelled by a triple expansion engine manufactured by Amos and Smith in Hull.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} The William Scoresby, Oceanographic Expeditions and University College Hull (PDF file, 24.4 kB). Retrieved May 24, 2017.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} RRS / HMS William Scoresby , British Antarctic Survey. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
3. ^ ^{A b c d} RFA William Scoresby , Historical RFA, Royal Fleet Auxiliary Historical Society. Retrieved May 24, 2017.