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RENOWN

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1890

Object NameCARGO VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensions1709 GRT
252' 9" x 35' 4" x 14' 6"
NRT 1067

Object numberABDSHIP000588

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Duthie & Sons.
Yard number: 170
Official number: 98543
Subsequent Names: ASOSAN MARU (1895)

Fate: ashore at Choshi, Japan, 11 May 1921, after six weeks' operations, refloated, drove ashore again, salvors abandoned.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Steel screw steamer cargo vessel.

Ownership:
08/1890: Duthie Bros & Co., Aberdeen.
27/03/1895: Press report of sale to owners in the East. Owners Mitsui Bussan Gomei Kwaisha., Nagasaki. Renamed ASOSAN MARU. Admeasured at 1699 g.r.t. and 1106 n.r.t.
1910: K. Hamaguchi, Kishiwada, Osaka.
1920: Hamaguchi Kisen K.K., Amagasaki, Osaka.

General History:
30/08/1890: Launched.
11/10/1890: Trials in Aberdeen Bay.
12/10/1890: Arrived on the Tyne. Average speed 10¼ knots.
11/08/1910: Ashore 40 miles from Shanghai while inward with coal from Japan.
12/08/1910: Refloated without serious damage.
11/05/1921: Ashore. After 6 weeks it was refloated, only to drive ashore again.

30/08/1890:
NEW STEAMER FOR ABERDEEN. - There will be launched this afternoon, from the ship-building yard of Messrs John Duthie, Sons, & Co., York Street, a finely-modelled steam screw cargo vessel, built to the highest class at Lloyd's, by order of Messrs Duthie Brother & Co., of Aberdeen and London. The dimensions are - Length, 263 feet; breadth, 35 feet; depth, 19 feet; with a gross ton-nage of 1708 tons. The vessel is of the type known as "well decked," and will be fitted with water ballast tanks in the main and after holds; a powerful set of triple expansion surface con-densing engines, with duplex pumps for discharg-ing the ballast; steam and hand steering gear, steam windlass, andf a steam winch to each of the four large hatches. The steamer is of the most ap-proved design throughout, and will be provided with the best modern appliances for facilitating despatch. At the same time care has been taken to provide spacious accomodation and every con-venience for the officers and crew. The vessel, which is to be named RENOWN, will be commanded by Captain Nicholas Ninnes, formerly of the Telephone, belonging to the same firm.
(Aberdeen Journal)

12/08/1910:
News has been received at Lloyd's that an old Aberdeen trader was lost to-day about 40 miles from Shanghai. This vessel, the ASOSAN MARU, was inward bound with a cargo of Japanese coals from Japan for Shanghai, when she went ashore, and all attempts to refloat her have been with-out success. The vessel, a steel screw steamer of 1700 tons register, was built at Aberdeen in 1890 by Messrs J. Duthie, Sons, and Co., and was then named the Renown. Some years ago she was sold to Japanese owners, who re-named her.
(Aberdeen Daily Journal)

Notes: Engine details: Steam by screw, inverted, surface condensing, triple expansion engine, 18” x 30” x 48” with 36” stroke, 151 n.h.p. by Blaikies Brothers, Aberdeen.
Boiler: number 1 S.B.; heating area (ft^2) 2442; furnaces 4 c.f.; pressure (p.s.i.) 160
Single screw propeller.

See also: History (CS): - http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=53684&vessel=RENOWN

Wrecksite (WS): - https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?209489