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HUBERT

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

Date1894

Object NameSCREW STEAMER

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 261' x breadth 36 1/12' x depth 25'
Gross Tonnage: 1922 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001920

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 277
Official Number: 102144
Subsequent Names: ATAHUALPA (1908); CITY OF ALGIERS (1919); VITA NOVA (1922)

Fate: Foundered off Catania, 29 November 1927.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Cargo and passenger vessel, 1 deck and spar deck. Fitted with electric light. Web frame construction.

Owners:
1894: Booth Steam Ship Co.
1908: Transferred to Iquitos SS Co., Liverpool.
1911: Reverted to Booth Line and the name HUBERT.
04/1919: Sold by the Booth Steamship Co. to buyers not stated for about £30,000.
1919: Transport & Trading Co. Ltd., Dublin, registered at Liverpool.
1920: Franco-British Steamship Co., Cardiff, registered at Liverpool
1921: Hydra Steamship Co. Ltd., Liverpool
1922: Arthur Lobinga Ltd., Liverpool
1922: S. H. Biscoe, Liverpool.
1922: Pietro Messina, Catania.
1925: Fratelli Indelicato & Cia., Catania.

General History:
Hall, Russell Order Book: - Class 100A1 to carry 2,450 tons all told cargo and fuel and to steam fully laden at the rate of 10½ knots per hour on measured mile at the trial trip in Aberdeen Bay.
Fitted for 50 1st class and 50 2nd class passengers.
No steam dome on boilers.
(Hall, Russel Order Book (Aberdeen City Archives))

21/03/1894: Launched. Named by Mrs Thomson, wife of the captain.

17/05/1894:
Steamer HUBERT to sail from Liverpool with letters for Ceara and Para [Brazil].
(Liverpool Mercury)

24/10/1894 & 03/11/1894:
References to voyages to and from Para via New York.
(Freeman's Journal)

02/02/1896:
Voyage London - Para.
(Freeman's Journal)

10/09/1897:
HUBERT assisted British steamer HORATIO, ashore 50 miles from Para, to get off.
(Daily News)

29/11/1927: Foundered off Catania in a storm.

Notes:
Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 21” x 33” x 54” with 39” stroke, 1456 i.h.p. on measured mile, 194 n.h.p. by H.R.
Boiler: 2 single steel boilers; heating area (ft^2) 3080; diameter 13' 6"; length 10' 4"; furnaces 6 Brown’s 3’ 2” dia.; pressure (p.s.i.) 160
Propeller: 14’ 2” diameter, solid, cast iron.

Cost & extras: £27,300

See also:
History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=51636&vessel=HUBERT
History (SL) - http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/booth.html
Wrecksite (WS) - https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?232643