Nanchang III

Nanchang III
ID /IMO No.1168864.
Type	Cargo.
Gross Registered Tonnage	8,265 grt.
Builder	Caledon S.& E.Co., Dundee.Yard No. 397.
Delivery date	1943.
Hull	Steel, clincher construction.
Decks	2, plus part 3rd.
Length	489 ft. F'C'sle 44 ft. Bridge 190 ft. Poop 38 ft.
Width	61.25 ft.
Depth	31.75 ft.
Engine Builder	J.G.Kincaid & Co., Greenock.
Engine Type	Kincaid/Harland & Wolff, B.& W. 2 stroke, double acting, direct reversing.
Engine cylinders	8.
Propulsion mode	Single screw.
Speed	12 kts.
Power	Diesel
Boiler	Composite, exh.gas/fuel oil.
Fuel	Diesel/Oil fuel.
Propeller	Right hand.
Propeller blades	4
Propeller formation	Solid.
Propeller material	Bronze.
Original owner	Ocean Steam Ship Co. (Alfred Holt's Blue Funnel)

History

1943. Built as the "Telemachus" (IV) for Ocean S.S.Co., Alfred Holt & Co. as managers. This vessel was a slightly smaller replacement for the "Telemachus" (III), which was requisitioned by the Admiralty and converted into the aircraft carrier "HMS Activity".

The image shows a typical cylinder section of an early Kincaid-Harland & Wolff, Main Propulsion engine.

1957. Transferred to the Glen Line, renamed "Monmouthshire".

1963. Reverted to Ocean S.S.Co., renamed "Glaucus" (IV).

January 1st. 1964. Bareboat demise charter to CNCo., renamed "Nanchang III".

April 1st. 1968. Arrived in Hong Kong at the end of the charter and delivered to Leung Yau for breaking up.

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