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DABULAMANZI

Shipbuildervessel built by Hall, Russell & Company, Limited (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)

Date1882

Object NameSCREW STEAMER

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 261' x breadth 35 1/12' x depth 24 7/12'
Gross Tonnage: 1537 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001870

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 227
Official Number: 84359
Subsequent Names: VILLE DE SFAX (1900); ANNA (1913); CALERA (1920); MAULE (1927)

Fate: ran aground at Columbine Point, Farquhar Pass, Magellan Strait during a voyage from Magallanes to Lota and was declared a constructive total loss, 8 September 1928.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Screw cargo steamer, 2 decks, 2 masts, schooner rigged, elliptical stern, clench built, iron frame, no figurehead.

Owners:
10/06/1882: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owner;
George Hall Rennie, shipowner, Aberdeen, 64 shares.
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
05/1900: Vessel sold to Cie. Franco-Tunisienne de Nav., Marseilles.
10/1906: Sold with owners to Cie. Generale Transatlantique (French Line)
1913: Sold to S. A. Unione Austriaco di Nav., Trieste.
06/04/1917: Seized at New Orleans by the US Government and operated by the US Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp,. New York.
1920: Sold to Indies Nav. Co. Valparaiso, Chile.
1923: the owners were Cia. De Vapor Calera, Valparaiso.
1924: Sold to Central Light and Power Company, Valparaiso.
1927: Sold to Soc. Anon. Commercial Braun & Blanchard, Valparaiso.
Masters:
1883: Master E. G. Langly
1884: Master C. Stuart
1898: Master W. Findlay

General History:

14/06/1882:
(Advert) Port Natal [now Durban] direct by steamer - fare 26 guineas chief cabin, the magnificent new full powered steamer DABULAMANZI, 1st July, perfect passenger accommodation. Loading jetty London Docks, owner J. T. Rennie, London.
(Daily News)

15/08/1882 and 21/08/1882:
Notes arrival at Algoa Bay [Port Elizabeth] 12/8 and Natal [Durban] 15/8.
(Standard)

12/10/1882:
Arrived Conconada, 1 Oct. from Natal.
(Glasgow Herald)

23/01/1883:
DABULAMANZI, steamer, of Aberdeen, stranded at the Nore yesterday, but afterwards refloated.
(Dundee Courier)

14/02/1883:
DABULAMANZI, London - Natal, at Plymouth with slight defect in machinery (17/2 - arrived Dartmouth & proceeded for Natal).
(Glasgow Herald)

26/02/1885 & 27/03/1885:
Left Port Natal 18 Feb. for London, arrived Gravesend 26 March.
(Glasgow Herald)

08/03/1886:
(Advert) The favourite steamer DABULAMANZI will sail 24 March from London Docks - Port Natal, excellent saloon accommodation. Apply to agents Billard, King & Co., or owners J. T. Rennie, Son & Co.
(Standard)

16/05/1888:
DABULAMANZI, Port Natal fro London, arrived Madeira 14 May.
(Glasgow Herald)

25/10/1888:
Yesterday afternoon S.S. DABULAMANZI, belonging to J. T. Rennie & Son, Aberdeen, underwent trial trip in Aberdeen bay. She arrived in port some time ago to have her compound engines converted into triple expansion by Messrs. Hall, Russell & Co. The vessel, which is under the command of Capt. J.G.H. Flint, sailed the measured mile both before and against the wind and averaged speed of 12 knots, which will increase when she has more than water ballast. Lunch was served aboard to guests during the trial & they returned on shore by tug boat. The steamer then left for London.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)

03/11/1888:
(Advert) Gold Fields - for Port Natal direct, calling at Tenerife, the splendid full powered steamer DABULAMANZI, sailing 8 Nov.
(Standard)

29/03/1889:
Aberdeen steamer DABULAMANZI has arrived Natal and reports that fire had broken out aboard & that much damage had been done.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)
(Left for London 18 April, Standard, 22/04/1889).

31/08/1889:
Because of dockers' strike at London, Messrs. J. T. Rennie's DABULAMANZI, from Natal berthed in the inner dock at Southampton. She brought passengers, £15,000 of raw gold and general cargo.
(Hampshire Advertiser)

13/02/1892:
Arrived London Docks from Natal.
(Standard)

15/08/1894:
Left Galle [Ceylon] Tuesday from Cochan.
(Freeman's Journal)

12/02/1895:
Rennie's steamer DABULAMANZI arrived London Docks from Natal.
(Standard)

25/03/1900:
Coasting steamer DABULAMANZI brought into Durban by British gunboat (during Anglo-Boer war) with cheap Transvaal coal in her bunkers. Many shipowners take the risk of detention by patrolling British warships rather than fill their bunkers at Durban, where coal is both scarce and dear.
(Sheffield & Rotherham Independent)

05/1900: Vessel sold to Cie. Franco-Tunisienne de Nav., Marseilles for their Marseille-North Africa service. Renamed VILLE DE SFAX with 15 passenger capacity.
1913: Renamed ANNA. Placed on Trieste-Havana route.
08/1914: Laid up in Havana.

Notes: Engine details:
Steam, single screw, one pair, compound, surface condensing, inverted, direct acting, 33" x 64" with 42" stroke, 200 H.P. by Hall, Russell. 1083 i.h.p. Triples by Hall, Russell in 1888, no record in HR papers. 21" x 33" x 56" with 42" stroke, two Scotch boilers, 6 corrugated furnaces, heating surface 2860 ft. squared, 140 p.s.i.
Boiler: Diameter 13'6", length 10'6", 3053.6 ft. squared heating area, 90 ps.i, 6 off, 4x45" dia. & 2x39" dia. furnaces.
Propeller: Diameter 14'4", 4 bladed.

1895: Repairs by Hall, Russell under Order No. 00.95.