INGELI

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

Date1897

Object NamePASSENGER AND CARGO VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 330 5/6' x breadth 41 1/12' x depth 27 1/12'
Gross Tonnage: 2928 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001966

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 303
Official Number: 108651
Subsequent Names: TEGUCIGALPA (1914); CHASSERAL (1941); MAR CORRUSCO (1951)

Fate: In October 1953, it was broken up at Savona by 'A.R.D.E.M.'

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Passenger vessel, 1 deck and spar deck, forecastle 34', bridge deck 104'.

Owners:
26/10/1897: Registered at Aberdeen for subscribing owners;
John Thompson Rennie.
10/1911: sold to Charente SS Co Ltd (T & J Harrison, Managers) Liverpool.
02/1914: sold to Vaccaro Bros. & Co., Ceiba, Honduras and renamed TEGUCIGALPA.
1924: transferred to Standard Fruit & SS Co., Ceiba.
1933: ownership was transferred to Standard Navigation Corp. (Standard Fruit & SS Co. managers)
03/1941: sold to Swiss War Transport Office (Honegger & Ascott, managers) Basle and named CHASSERAL.
1947: sold to Nautilus S A. Basle.
1951: sold to Franco Maresca, Genoa and named MAR CORRUSCO.

Masters:
1897-1900: Master C. Stuart
1901-02: Master R. T. Yates
1904-05: Master F. Baker
1907-08: Master P. R. Macgregor

General History:
04/09/1897:
The Queen's musicians, Marr, Wood & Co., are showing in their window a beautiful upright pianoforte which they have made specially for J. T. Rennie's new ship INGELI - suitable for a steamer in solid mahogany, made to stand a tropical climate.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)

27/11/1899:
700 tons of war stores left Victoria dock in steamer INGELI for South Africa, half small arms and gun ammunition.
(Aberdeen Weekly Journal)

14/09/1900:
Steam INGELI, of Aberdeen, collided with barge JESSIE in Thames. Barge sank.
(Dundee Courier)

Notes:
INGELI - Zulu for cold, snow or sleet, also mountain range in KwaZulu Natal.

Steam triple expansion engine, cylinder diameters 25½" x 42½" x 69¼" with 45" stroke. 2267 i.h.p.
Boiler Number - 2; Diameter - 15'6"; Length - 18'0"; Heating Area (ft2) - 7695; Furnaces - 2 x 2; Pressure (p.s.i.) - 180
Propeller Diameter - 16'6"; Type - Solid; Material - Stone's manganese bronze
In 1922, it was converted to oil fire.
See also:
History: - http://www.swiss-ships.ch/schiffe/chasseral_006/form-historyen chasseral_006.htm
Plans (folder 18): - http://www.marinersmuseum.org/sites/default/files/MS15SSEphmeraFolderListing.pdf
Rennie Line history: - http://oceania.pbworks.com/w/page/8473333/UK-Rennie
2 photographs: - http://www.photoship.co.uk/JAlbum%20Ships/Old%20Ships%20I/slides/Ingeli-02.html
2 postcards (one colour and one B/W) in GAW collection.