| SS Minnehaha | |
|---|---|
| Career (USA) |  |
| Name: | SS Minnehaha |
| Owner: | Atlantic Transport Line |
| Port of registry: | Belfast |
| Builder: | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Cost: | USD$1,419,120 (£292,000)[1] |
| Yard number: | 329[1] |
| Launched: | 31 March 1900[1] |
| Maiden voyage: | 7 July 1900[1] |
| Identification: |
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| Fate: | Torpedoed and sunk, 7 September 1917[1] |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type: | Minne class ocean liner |
| Tonnage: |
13,403 GRT 8,647 NRT |
| Length: | 600 ft 8 in (183.08 m) |
| Beam: | 65 ft 6 in (19.96 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 39 ft 6 in (12.04 m) |
| Decks: | 4 decks and shelter deck |
| Propulsion: |
Quadruple expansion steam engines 1,227 nhp 2 screws |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
SS Minnehaha was a 13,443-ton ocean liner built by Harland and Wolff and launched on 31 March 1900. Operated by the American-owned Atlantic Transport Line, she was the sister ship of Minneapolis, Minnetonka, and Minnewaska.
In her first year of operations, the Minnehaha collided with and sank a tug in New York Harbor on 18 September 1900. The tug suffered two fatalities.[1]
On 18 April 1910, the liner grounded on rocks on Bryher in the Isles of Scilly while en route from London to New York; she remained stranded until 13 May when two tugs managed to pull her off the rocks. The cattle on board were saved by swimming them onto the island of Samson, Isles of Scilly where there was temporary pasture; no lives were lost.[2]
On 7 September 1917, Minnehaha sank within four minutes after being torpedoed by German U-boat U-48, with 43 fatalities off the Fastnet. Her sister ships Minneapolis and Minnetonka were scuttled while in use as troop transports during World War I.[3]
See also[]
- Minnehaha – wrecked off the Isles of Scilly in 1874
- List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "S. S. Minnehaha". The Atlantic Transport Line 1881 - 1934. http://www.atlantictransportline.us/content/31Minnehaha.htm. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ↑ Noall, C. (1969?). Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press. p. 22.
- ↑ "Minnehaha". http://www.greatships.net/minnehaha.html. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
External links[]
- SS Minnehaha, Irish Wrecks Online
- Minnehaha 1910, Scillonian History
- Antique Associates at West Townsend — S. S. Minnehaha, Oil On Canvas by Antonio Jacobson Circa 1903 (page from Archive.org)
Coordinates: 51°17.82′N 9°17.88′W / 51.297°N 9.298°W
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