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From: "Ted Finch" <>
Subject: Re: [Mar] SS URDANETA
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 13:23:18 +0100
References: <D95994B5-E41E-11D8-AD9E-000393D94A06@shaw.ca> <001d01c47860$95e93a20$a0317ad5@brian> <410E2757.1080706@virgin.net>


Hi Ron / Jackie,

You are correct. The August date was in fact the completion date, not the
launch date. Sorry about that ;-(

Ted

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Mapplebeck" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Mar] SS URDANETA


> Just to clarify. I've checked Lloyd's Register to find that the URDANETA
> was actually completed August 1927. The launch date could have been up
> to several months earlier, for the reasons stated by Brian. (Presume
> this was a typo by Ted, unless he has other specific info?)
>
> So, maiden voyage was likely very soon after completion = delivery. So
> August 1927 (possibly early September) will be about right.
>
> Ron Mapplebeck (UK)
> ****
> Brian wrote:
>
> > Jackie wrote, "So my mother's voyage would probably taken place in
August
> > 1927 assuming the URDANETA would have taken to sea immediately after
> > launch."
> >
> > Hi Jackie,
> >
> > That aint necessarily so! After launching she would still need to be
fitted
> > out - that is she would be moved to the shipyard's fitting out berth
where
> > the remainder of the vessel's ancillary equipment, wiring, plumbing,
> > lifeboats, anchors and other equipment would all have to be installed.
You
> > would need to work on her completion date or better still, her maiden
voyage
> > date rather than launch date.
> >
> > Regards
> > Brian
> >
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jackie" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 1:56 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Mar] SS URDANETTA
> >
> >
> >
> >>Hi Ted,
> >>
> >>Thank you! Yes, this is it! Your assistance is gratefully
> >>appreciated. So my mother's voyage would probably taken place in
> >>August 1927 assuming the URDANETA would have taken to sea immediately
> >>after launch.
> >>
> >>My mother recalls how the ship lost all steam for several hours when an
> >>engine quit (near the Azores?) and how they had to fly a distress flag
> >>as she was drifting towards rocks.
> >>
> >>regards,
> >>Jackie
> >>
> >>
> >>On Sunday, August 1, 2004, at 10:10 AM, Ted Finch wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hi Jackie,
> >>>
> >>>This was the URDANETA. 2,647 gross tons, length 305.4ft x beam 50.2ft,
> >>>twin
> >>>screw, speed 9.5 knots. Built by Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co,
> >>>Newcastle
> >>>(Yard No.972), she was launched Aug.1927 for Venezuelan Gulf Oil Co,
> >>>Maracaibo.
> >>
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