THALES
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date1873
Object NameSCREW STEAMER
MediumIRON
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 266' x breadth 31 1/12' x depth 17 7/12'
Gross Tonnage: 1488 ton
Gross Tonnage: 1488 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001830
Keywords
Yard Number: 187
Official Number: 69294
Subsequent Names: JULES COUDERT (1891).
Fate: broken up June 1898.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Screw steamer, iron, 1 deck and awning deck, 5 bulkheads.
Owners:
1874-90: Liverpool, Brazil and River Plate Steam Navigation Co., registered at Liverpool. (subsidiary of Lamport and Holt)
1891-98: E. Coudert & Fils, registered at Bordeaux, then Tonnay (1894), then La Rochelle (1896)
Masters:
1884-85 Master T. E. Pocock
1888-89: Master Glasspoole
1890: Master Davies
1898: Master Coullaudeau
General History:
11/02/1874:
The Liverpool, Brazil and River Plate Co.'s steamer THALES, Capt. Henry Sharpe Ferguson, left Mersey today direct for Montevideo, Buenos Aires and Rosario (on River Parana, Argentina) [and about every 4 months thereafter].
(Pall Mall Gazette)
28/12/1875:
THALES, steamer, from the Brazils and River Plate, arrived Southampton and proceeded for Liverpool via Antwerp. Specie £13,200.
(Belfast Newsletter)
05/11/1880:
Silver medal awarded by French Government presented to Michael Cardiff, seaman in screw steamer THALES, for rescuing life at sea. While THALES on homeward passage from Brazils to Southampton the French brig JEAN of Dunkirk was sighted in a sinking condition and crew waiting to abandon her. Lifeboat of THALES was got out and manned by R. P. L. Lawson (1st Officer), J.L. Pilint (3rd Officer), W. Waterman (4th Officer) and 3 seamen. Weather very boisterous and it was with great difficulty and danger the crew of the JEAN were rescued.
(Liverpool Mercury)
04/02/1882:
THALES, steamer, which has arrived Southampton from Brazil reports a fire in the main hold, but which was speedily extinguished.
(Freeman's Journal)
SS THALES made 6 voyages between Hong Kong and North Borneo between April and end of August 1883 under the command of Captain T. J. Pocock.
01/05/1883:
'The S. S. THALES, 820 Tons, Captain T. J. Pocock, arrived at Kudat on April 25th and reports having left Hong Kong on April 20th and experienced light South to ESE winds and fine weather throughout the passage. Saloon passengers Messrs Alfred Dent, Managing Director of the British North Borneo Company, W. Danby, C.E., Gordon Whickham, J. M. Fleming, R.E. Edward Wheelay and H. F. Meyerink. Deck passengers, 6 Chinese for Kudat, 128 for Sandakan. On arrival 13 of latter elected to remain at Kudat.'
(North Borneo Herald)
25/12/1883:
The THALES of Liverpool, bound from Montevideo to Dunkirk with a cargo of wool and cotton, went ashore near Bridport. There was a thick fog at the time, but as the sea was perfectly calm no lives were lost. The vessel's bow is embedded in 7 or 8 feet of sand and does not appear to have sustained any serious injury. Tugs have been sent to her assistance.
(Glasgow Herald)
04/05/1886:
Messrs Lamport and Holt's steamer THALES from New Orleans arrived in Mersey Monday.
(Leeds Mercury)
Lamport and Holt pioneered the frozen meat trade from the River Plate to the United Kingdom by entering into a contract, in 1886, to convey 230 tons monthly, and the S.S. THALES was specially fitted for this purpose in the following year.
Source: www.merchantnavyofficers.com/lamportandholt
(Source: www.bluestarline.org/lamports/lamport_history.html)
28/05/1888:
The British steamer THALES, previously reported ashore at Buenos Ayres, floated on flood tide unassisted and apparently undamaged.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)
04/04/1889:
British steamer THALES, Liverpool for River Plate, has put into Bahia (Brazil) with shaft broken.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)
29/09/1890:
Lamport & Holt's steamer THALES from Rio Janeiro arrived Liverpool.
(Freeman's Journal)
Engines: Hall Russell - 2 compound direct acting, 28" and 58" diameter cylinders, with 39" stroke, boiler pressure 70 lb., 98 h.p.
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