INCHANGA
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date14 December 1894
Object NamePASSENGER VESSEL
Medium1 deck steel and spar deck pt. steel
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 288 9/12' x breadth 39 1/12' x depth 25 5/6'
Gross Tonnage: 2197 ton
Gross Tonnage: 2197 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001942
Keywords
Yard Number: 283
Official Number: 104507
Subsequent Name: BAHREIN (1911)
Fate: broken up at Alexandria, in 1933.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Passenger vessel, 1 deck and spar deck, bridge deck 72'.
Owners:
07/01/1895: This vessel was registered at Aberdeen for owner J. T. Rennie.
11/1911: Arab Steamers Ltd, Bombay.
1915: taken over as a transport by the Indian Government.
11/1922: sold by the liquidators of Arab Steamers to Bombay & Persia Steam Navigation Co. (The Mogul Line).
11/1923: sold to Victor Schemeil, Alexandria.
1925: Egyptian Maritime Enterprise.
07/1927: sold to Mehanna Kouri Haddad, registered in Alexandria.
Masters:
1894-97: Master J. Waitling
General History:
14/12/1894:
Owing to strong gale, launch of INCHANGA by Hall Russell postponed till today.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)
10/01/1895:
Port Natal direct, calling at Tenerife, conveying goods and passengers, the favourite steamers of the Aberdeen Direct Line leave London docks every 3 weeks.
(Standard)
23/02/1895:
INCHANGA, new steamer, Capt. Stuart RNR, large airy 2 berth cabins, fitted with electric light, piano and all modern conveniences, surgeon and stewardess.
(Standard)
31/12/1895:
Arrived London dock, Rennie's steamer INCHANGA from Natal.
(Standard)
11/1911: As the BAHREIN it put on the pilgrim route between India, Aden and Jeddah.
04/1926: it was laid up on the Thames.
Notes: Inchanga is a village in Kwa Zulu-Natal, South Africa, approximately halfway between Durban and Pietermaritzburg.
Alliot Verdun Roe, the first Englishman to make a powered flight, was an aircraft pioneer who registered the first ever aircraft manufacturing company. From 1899 to 1902 be was Fifth Engineer on the Inchanga.
Engine details: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 24” x 39½” x 64½” with 42” stroke, 1931 i.h.p., 282 n.h.p., by HR. 13¾ knots on trials.
Boiler number 2 steel S.B.; heating area (ft^2) 4214; diameter 15' 3"; length 10' 4"; furnaces 8 Brown’s x 3’ 1” dia.; pressure (p.s.i.) 180
Propeller 15’ 5⅝” diameter, solid, Stone’s manganese bronze.
See also:
History (CS)
http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.phpyear_built=&builder=&ref=51642&vessel=INCHANGA
http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20Ships/Old%20Ships%20I/slides/Inchanga-04.html
