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INANDA

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

Date1904

Object NamePASSENGER AND CARGO VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 370 11/12' x breadth 46 1/12' x depth 29 1/6'
Gross Tonnage: 4090 ton

Object numberABDSHIP002058

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 379
Official Number: 118187
Subsequent Name: ORLANDO (1920)

Fate: Demolished by Thomas W. Ward Ltd., Briton Ferry, 11 July 1932.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Passenger vessel, 1 deck and a spar deck, forecastle 36', bridge deck 135', poop deck 62'.

Owners:
1904: John Thompson Rennie.
09/1911: Rennie Line and all ships sold to Charente SS Co. Ltd. (T & J Harrison, managers) Liverpool.
06/1920: Owners Ellerman Wilson Line Ltd, Hull.

General History:
15/06/1904: Launched. Named by Miss Rennie, daughter of Mr A. H. Rennie, one of the owners.
25/08/1904: Trial trip and left Aberdeen
05/09/1914: Arrived at London carrying 115 seamen and passengers rescued from the
German armed merchant cruiser KAISER WILLHELM DE GROSSE when it was sunk by H.M.S. HIGHFLYER and landed at Las Palmas.
06/1920: Renamed ORLANDO.
1927-28: Chartered for one round trip to South Africa by Ellerman & Bucknall.
12/1928: Laid up at Hull.
07/1932: Sold to Thomas W Ward Ltd, Sheffield for breaking up/scrap.
11/07/1932: Left Hull in tow for demolition at Briton Ferry.

Notes:
Hall Russell Order Book (Aberdeen City & Aberdeenshire Archive HR/2/3/3): -
Donkey boiler (dimensions not filled in).
To accommodate 52, 2nd class passengers in the poop and 64 1st class passengers on Bridge deck. 7 steam winches 7” x 12”, steam windlass, steam steering gear & c., all as described in specification. Vessel to be finished by 1st September 1904, after which a penalty of £16.10/- per working day will be eligible, strikes, lockouts are excepted.
Separate feed donkey and connections £25. See telegram & letter of 8th Aug. from Fleming.
See letter from HR & Co dated 6th Nov 1903 about replacing propeller boss.
25.04.1904 Mr H arranged with Capt. Stuart that we be allowed £30 for material and work done on pumps now dispensed with in favour of Downton’s.

Inanda (isiZulu: - a Pleasant Place) is a city in eastern KwaZulu-Natal.

Engine details: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 26½” x 44” x 72” with 48” stroke. 2626 i.h.p., 525 n.h.p. by H.R.
Trial trip 13½ knots per hour.
Boiler: number 6 single-ended S.B.; heating area (ft^2) 9954; diameter 13' 4"; length 10' 9"; furnaces 18 x 3’ 6” – 3’ 2” annular corrugated; pressure (p.s.i.) 180;
Propeller: 17’ 6” diameter, built, cast iron boss with bronze blades.

Cost & extras: £66,500

History (CS) - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=51738&vessel=INANDA
Fleet List (FL) - http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/rennie.htm