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On 16 October 1919 she departed from [[Philadelphia]], United States to [[Rotterdam]], the Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB04:000191519:mpeg21:a0069 |work= [[De Maasbode]] |title= Te Rotterdam verwachte schepen. |date=12 November 1919|via=[[Delpher]]|language=nl}}</ref> After arriving in Rotterdam, she departed on 12 November 1919 to [[Hamburg]], Germany. From Hamburg she was scheduled to take cargo to the United States.<ref name=DM>{{Cite news|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB04:000191526:mpeg21:a0028 |work= [[De Maasbode]] |title= Een Amerikaansch stoomschip onder de Hollandsche kust vergaan. |date=13 November 1919|via=[[Delpher]]|language=nl}}</ref> |
On 16 October 1919 she departed from [[Philadelphia]], United States to [[Rotterdam]], the Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB04:000191519:mpeg21:a0069 |work= [[De Maasbode]] |title= Te Rotterdam verwachte schepen. |date=12 November 1919|via=[[Delpher]]|language=nl}}</ref> After arriving in Rotterdam, she departed on 12 November 1919 to [[Hamburg]], Germany. From Hamburg she was scheduled to take cargo to the United States.<ref name=DM>{{Cite news|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB04:000191526:mpeg21:a0028 |work= [[De Maasbode]] |title= Een Amerikaansch stoomschip onder de Hollandsche kust vergaan. |date=13 November 1919|via=[[Delpher]]|language=nl}}</ref> |
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During the morning of 13 November 1919, she struck a mine near the Dutch coast and sank. The 38 crew memberes were able to get into two lifeboats. |
During the morning of 13 November 1919, she struck a mine near the Dutch coast and sank. The 38 crew memberes were able to get into two lifeboats. After being for three hours in the boats, they were found by Dutch minesweeper ''{{ill|Hr.Ms. M1|nl|Hr.Ms. M 1 (1918)}}'' that was actually in search for lifeboats of the sunken ship ''Zaan''. The crew members arrived at [[Nieuwendiep]] at 6pm and were brought to several hotels.<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010654365:mpeg21:a0149 |work= [[Algemeen Handelsblad]] |title= Schipbreukelingen. |date=14 November 1919|via=[[Delpher]]|language=nl}}</ref> |
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==Shipwreck=== |
==Shipwreck=== |
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Name | Council Bluffs |
Owner | United States Shipping Board |
Builder | Great Lakes Engineering Works |
Out of service | 13 November 1919 |
Fate | wrecked at Terschelling, the Netherland on 13 November 1919 |
General characteristics | |
Typ | Steamship |
Tonnage | 2450 BRT |
Length | 124 m (406 ft 10 in) |
Beam | 16 m (52 ft 6 in) |
Crew | 36 |
SS Council Bluffs was a 1918-built, 77.1-metre (252 ft 11 in)-long American cargo steamship. It was built by Great Lakes Engineering Works and owned by United States Shipping Board. During the morning 13 November 1919, the ship sank by a mine near Terschelling, the Netherlands.
Ship details
The steel cargo ship was built in 1918[1] or 1919[2] by Great Lakes Engineering Works and owned by United States Shipping Board of ;;Detroit]]. She was 77.1 metres (252 ft 11 in) long and had a width of 13.3 m (43 ft 8 in). She had tonnage of 2450 GRT. She had a 1 x 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine with a single shaft and 1 screw. She had a speed of 9.5 knots. She had yard number 213 and IMO number: 217512.[1]
History
On 16 October 1919 she departed from Philadelphia, United States to Rotterdam, the Netherlands.[3] After arriving in Rotterdam, she departed on 12 November 1919 to Hamburg, Germany. From Hamburg she was scheduled to take cargo to the United States.[2]
During the morning of 13 November 1919, she struck a mine near the Dutch coast and sank. The 38 crew memberes were able to get into two lifeboats. After being for three hours in the boats, they were found by Dutch minesweeper Hr.Ms. M1 that was actually in search for lifeboats of the sunken ship Zaan. The crew members arrived at Nieuwendiep at 6pm and were brought to several hotels.[4]
Shipwreck=
In 1993 the wreck of the ship was found by divers of Terschelling.[5]
References
- ^ a b "SS Council Bluffs [+1919]". Wrecksite.
- ^ a b "Een Amerikaansch stoomschip onder de Hollandsche kust vergaan". De Maasbode (in Dutch). 13 November 1919 – via Delpher.
- ^ "Te Rotterdam verwachte schepen". De Maasbode (in Dutch). 12 November 1919 – via Delpher.
- ^ "Schipbreukelingen". Algemeen Handelsblad (in Dutch). 14 November 1919 – via Delpher.
- ^ "Scheepswrak: Council Bluffs". Wrakkenmuseum (in Dutch).