Name: | SZÉLL KÁLMÁN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 29/01/1902 |
Completed: | 24/03/1902 |
Builder: | Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 383 |
Dimensions: | 3900grt, 2432nrt, 5976dwt, 366.0 x 48.2 x 17.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22.5, 40 & 66 x 48ins), 361nhp |
Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
03/1902 | Royal Hungarian Sea Navigation Co Adria Ltd, Fiume |
1918 | US Shipping Board, Baltimore; renamed LYDIA |
23/10/1918 | US Navy; renamed USS LYDIA |
15/05/1919 | US Shipping Board, Baltimore; renamed LYDIA |
1919 | Lydia SS Co Inc (Susquehanna SS Co Inc), Baltimore |
1923 | Susquehanna Line Inc, New York |
1924 | Adria Soc Anon di Nav Marittima, Fiume; renamed MANZONI |
1937 | “Tirrenia” Soc Anon di Navigazione, Fiume |
05/07/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | Kalman von Szell was a Prime Minister of Hugary |
Contract Price Ł70903; Profit Ł2007-5s-3d | |
01/06/1917: Seized by Brazil while laid up at Pernambuco | |
05/07/1940: Sank after being torpedoed by British aircraft at Tobruk, | |
later refloated and broken up by British salvors |
Above photo as SZELL KALMAN copyright of Hajoregiszter
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 30/01/1902