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Topic: Card of the week 50/52 (2003): TSS Dominion Monarch

AJL
First Class Passenger
Member # 956

posted 12-14-2003 01:58 PM

Length: 207,8 m
Beam: 25,8 m
GRT: 27,155 t
Built: 1939 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Operator: Shaw, Savill & Albion
Speed: 19,5 kn
Passengers: 517
New name: Dominion Monarch Maru 1962-62

She was built for Southampton - Wellington (New Zealand) service.
In August 1940 refitted as a troop ship for the Royal Navy.
In 1947 refitted back to passenger ship and in 1948 entered London - Wellington run.
In June 1962 she was stationed at Seattle, USA as a floating hotel for visitors of the World's Fair.
On 11-25-1962 she arrived at Osaka, Japan, where demolished by Mitsui. She got the 'Maru' added to her name for her final voyage.

AJL

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Rex
First Class Passenger
Member # 1113

posted 12-15-2003 11:22 AM

I keep forgetting, why was her bridge separated from the rest of the superstructure again? Several other liners had this unusual feature. Did it have something to do with cargo holds?

SS Doric
SS Magdalena
SS Aragon
SS Amazon

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sslewis
First Class Passenger
Member # 3649

posted 12-17-2003 10:09 AM

Fantastic ship indeed!
Is she unique as a quadruple screw motorvessel?Well mv Oceanic almost made it in Belfast..
Another interesting ship in this league was Magdalena. She never completed her maiden voyage, yet was very graceful and never replaced.
The separation of crew/passengers was just a very conservative trend preWWII owner/builders had.
Yet, Magdalena was replaced by the Amazon-class..amazing!
ssLewis, H&W fan

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nevadaflip
First Class Passenger
Member # 1682

posted 12-17-2003 01:14 PM

You are correct, Rex. With a close look at the card picture you can see two kingposts sticking up from behind the bridge house. There was a cargo hold there.

Jerry

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Maasdam
First Class Passenger
Member # 3858

posted 12-18-2003 08:58 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Rex:
I keep forgetting, why was her bridge separated from the rest of the superstructure again? Several other liners had this unusual feature. Did it have something to do with cargo holds?
SS Doric
SS Magdalena
SS Aragon
SS Amazon

Also the Red Star Line / Holland America Line (1939)

tss. Pennland and tss Westernland. Had sepperated bridge houses.
There where more liners wite thise construction buth i cannot recall them. I shall look in my liner books fore them and post there names.

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Rex
First Class Passenger
Member # 1113

posted 12-18-2003 10:16 AM

Maasdam, Nevadaflip, she carried meats from Australia and New Zealand, right?

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gohaze
First Class Passenger
Member # 586

posted 12-18-2003 11:44 AM

The split bridge was almost a peculiarity of Harland & Wolff, Belfast and a few companies like Royal Mail. Those ships had a lot of reefer space, they were 'meat boats, and hence many small tween decks and this saved a long reach back under the accomodation to access some of those.
The original idea of split islands on cargo vessels was to enable that hold to be next to the engineroom bunkers. Then if the ship was in ballast it could be loaded with cheap coal outward and even save a bunkering stop. The crew shifted the coal from the hold to the bunkers

....peter

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