SS Council Bluffs
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Vereinigte Staaten | |
| 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 night of 13 November 1919, the ship sank due to landmines 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]
Fate
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]
In September 1919 she was on voyage from Galveston, United States to Bremen, Germany, with a cargo of 22,000 bales of cotton with a value of 21 million Guilder under command of S. Crosby. During the night of 15 to 16 September 1919 she was sailing through a minefield around 16 miles northeast of Terschelling, the Netherlands.[4] The second mine the boat struck set fire to the ship's oil and the cotton. Crew went into lifeboats and picked up by the tugboat Volharding that was the first to reach the ship. Two more mines exploded and ten persons were thrown overboard.[5] The ship Brandaris came from the Terschelling Rescue Committee, which had received a message at 1:45am via Scheveningen that a ship was sinking. The Brandaris took over the 37 people and brought them to Terschelling.[6] 47 people were saved.[5] Polish stoker Lavendosky was missing, who probably fell overboard during the last mine explosion. His body was later found in the water and buried at the old cemetery under lighthouse Brandaris.[6] During the morning the masts and chimney were still visible above the water.[7]
Shipwreck=
In 1993 the wreck of the ship was found by divers of Terschelling.[6]
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.
- ^ "Gemengde Berichten". Algemeen Handelsblad (in Dutch). 16 September 1919 – via Delpher.
- ^ a b "Reisindrukken van eigen bodem". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 7 August 1929 – via Delpher.
- ^ a b c "Scheepswrak: Council Bluffs". Wrakkenmuseum (in Dutch).
- ^ "Laatste Berichten". De Tijd (in Dutch). 16 September 1919 – via Delpher.
