SS Alma (1894)

History

Name:	1894-1917:SS Alma 1917-1922:SS Shokiku Maru No. 2 1922-1924:SS Shogiku Maru
Operator:	1894-1912:London and South Western Railway 1912-1916:Eastern Shipping Company, Penang 1916-1917:P N Heath, Shanghai 1917-1920:M Matsou and U Matsumoto, Japan 1920-1924:Hongo Ikichiro, Amiro
Port of registry:
Builder:	J and G Thomson, Clydebank
Yard number:	275
Launched:	4 October 1894
Fate:	Wrecked 17 June 1924
General characteristics
Tonnage:	1,145 gross register tons (GRT)
Length:	270.7 feet (82.5 m)
Beam:	34 feet (10 m)
Draught:	14.6 feet (4.5 m)

SS Alma was a passenger vessel built for the London and South Western Railway in 1894.^[1]

History

The ship was built by J and G Thomson of Clydebank and launched on 4 October 1894^[2] by Evelyn Donaldson, Cochno House, Duntocher. She was provided with accommodation for 100 first-class passengers in two-berth rooms and 50 second-class passengers at the after end of the vessel in large cabins. The first-class cabins were located near the centre of the vessel where the pitching motion is least. Bilge keels were also fitted to dispense with rolling motion. She was one of an order for two ships, the other being Columbia.

In 1899 she picked up Thomas Slattery and James Montague, seamen from the Boadicea of Bridgwater which had foundered off Lundy on 13 January 1899. With two others they had built a raft, and spent three hours in the stormy sea, but the two others were washed off. ^[3]

In she was sold to the Eastern Shipping Company, Penang. In 1916 she was purchased by P N Heath, Shanghai who sold her in 1917 to M Matsou and U Matsumoto, Japan who renamed her Shokiku Maru No. 2. In 1920 she was sold to Hongo Ikichiro, Amiro and she was renamed Shogiku Maru in 1922. She was wrecked on 17 June 1924 on the west coast of Sakhalin.

References

↑ Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
↑ "Launches and Trial Trips". Glasgow Herald. Scotland. 6 October 1894. Retrieved 14 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
↑ "The Disaster off Lundy". North Devon Journal. England. 19 January 1899. Retrieved 14 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).

Ships operated by the London and South Western Railway

LSWR operated ships	Ada Alberta Alice Alliance Alma Ardena Bertha Brittany (I) Brittany (II) Caesarea Cherbourg Columbia Courrier Diana Dora Ella Express Fannie Frederica Guernsey Frederica Hantonia Havre Hilda Honfleur Laura Lorina Lydia Lymington Mayflower Normandy Normannia Princess Ena Sarnia Solent (1863) Solent (1900) Solent (1902) South Western (I) South Western (II) Southampton Stella Ulrica Vera Victoria Waverley Wolf Wonder

Jointly operated with the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway	Duchess of Albany Duchess of Connaught Duchess of Edinburgh Duchess of Fife Duchess of Kent Duchess of Norfolk Duchess of Richmond Princess Margaret Victoria

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1924

Shipwrecks	10 Jan: HMS L24 16 Jan: USS Tacoma 11 Mar: Wyoming 12 Apr: HMAS Australia 27 May: Tsugaru 7 Jun: America 17 Jun: Shogiku Maru No. 2 10 Jul: Iwami 25 Jul: Hizen 2 Sep: Aki 7 Sep: Satsuma 22 Sep: Clifton 1 Nov: Glenlyon 25 Nov: USS Washington 29 Nov: HMS Vernon II 12 Dec: USS Castine

Other incidents	10 Jan: HMS Resolution 11 Jan: Rhenania 7 Apr: HMS L25 23 Jul: HMAS Brisbane 28 Jul: Bergensfjord 23 Oct: Port Nicholson October (unknown date): USS Trenton 2 Nov: HMS Venomous 27 Nov: Dieppe

1923 1925

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