Hora
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Re: Hora
Built as a steel cargo vessel under yard no 290 by John Elder & Co., Govan, Glasgow, for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company.
10 January 1885 launched under the name LYONS.
Tonnage 487 gross, 220 net, dim. 190.6 x 26.1 x 14ft.
Powered by two 6 cyl. compound steam engines, 250 nhp., speed 12 knots twin screws. Two Scotch boilers operating at 110 lbs/sqin pressure, manufactured by builders.
She had two hatches, white funnel with black top, black hull and red waterline, white upperworks with black vents.
23 January 1885 delivered.
Used in the cargo service between Newhaven to Dieppe.
1877 Transferred to Chemins de Fer de l’Etat Francais, Dieppe (still managed by L.B&S.C.R.Co.), French crewed and the French version of the name substituted LYON. These company’s shared the ownership of licence for the Newhaven to Dieppe service.
20 August 1895, in collision during fog with the company’s vessel SEAFORD, which sank, 20 miles off Newhaven, LYON picked up all passengers and crew, landing them at Newhaven.
August 1911 Sold to National Salvage Association, Glasgow. C.A.P. Gardiner, Master and manager, she was converted for salvage work. Renamed again LYONS.
14 August 1914, hired by the Royal Navy as a salvage vessel, refitted in a decoy or Q-ship with an armament of 4 – 12pdrs. Used as a Q-ship from May 1915 until Nov. 1915.
Dec. 1915 returned to owners.
07 December 1917 reverted again to Q ship duties as HMS LYON.
20 March 1919, decommissioned and sold to the French Government, renamed LA NINA.
1921 Sold to Turkish Salvage Co., Istanbul, renamed HORA. Tonnage given as 593 gross, 192 net.
25 March 1932, used by the refloating of the French liner PROVIDENCE which got grounded during a gale and snow storm on Cape Niger, Imroz, Aegean Sea.
She is given in the 1933 Lloyds Register as LANINA, and owners given as Turkish Maritime Salvage Co. (Turk Gemi Kurtarmai Limitet, Sirketi, Istanbul.).
1958 Hulked.
1974 Broken up in Istanbul.
Turkey 1951 15k sg1457, scott1043, (the other vessel is the passenger vessel PROVIDENCE.)
Source: info received from Mr. John D. Stevenson. Lloyds Register. Ships of the Royal Navy, Vol. II.
History of the L.B & S.C. R. Co.
10 January 1885 launched under the name LYONS.
Tonnage 487 gross, 220 net, dim. 190.6 x 26.1 x 14ft.
Powered by two 6 cyl. compound steam engines, 250 nhp., speed 12 knots twin screws. Two Scotch boilers operating at 110 lbs/sqin pressure, manufactured by builders.
She had two hatches, white funnel with black top, black hull and red waterline, white upperworks with black vents.
23 January 1885 delivered.
Used in the cargo service between Newhaven to Dieppe.
1877 Transferred to Chemins de Fer de l’Etat Francais, Dieppe (still managed by L.B&S.C.R.Co.), French crewed and the French version of the name substituted LYON. These company’s shared the ownership of licence for the Newhaven to Dieppe service.
20 August 1895, in collision during fog with the company’s vessel SEAFORD, which sank, 20 miles off Newhaven, LYON picked up all passengers and crew, landing them at Newhaven.
August 1911 Sold to National Salvage Association, Glasgow. C.A.P. Gardiner, Master and manager, she was converted for salvage work. Renamed again LYONS.
14 August 1914, hired by the Royal Navy as a salvage vessel, refitted in a decoy or Q-ship with an armament of 4 – 12pdrs. Used as a Q-ship from May 1915 until Nov. 1915.
Dec. 1915 returned to owners.
07 December 1917 reverted again to Q ship duties as HMS LYON.
20 March 1919, decommissioned and sold to the French Government, renamed LA NINA.
1921 Sold to Turkish Salvage Co., Istanbul, renamed HORA. Tonnage given as 593 gross, 192 net.
25 March 1932, used by the refloating of the French liner PROVIDENCE which got grounded during a gale and snow storm on Cape Niger, Imroz, Aegean Sea.
She is given in the 1933 Lloyds Register as LANINA, and owners given as Turkish Maritime Salvage Co. (Turk Gemi Kurtarmai Limitet, Sirketi, Istanbul.).
1958 Hulked.
1974 Broken up in Istanbul.
Turkey 1951 15k sg1457, scott1043, (the other vessel is the passenger vessel PROVIDENCE.)
Source: info received from Mr. John D. Stevenson. Lloyds Register. Ships of the Royal Navy, Vol. II.
History of the L.B & S.C. R. Co.
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