Union Castle Ship Still in Existance ~ solved by Vic McClymont

[vic mcclymont]

Is it the Tug Incomati U-C 1924-1928
Sold to Portuguese for service on the river Tagus.

[John Albert Evans]

The Margarita L.,formally RMS Windsor Castle

John Albert Evans

[Chris Isaac]

VIC
Give the man a coconut.
Yes Incomati is now a lighter for a dredger on The Duoro River in Portugal
INCOMATI_Rio_Douro.jpg

[Doc Vernon]

Good going there and thank goodness ! haha!
Cheers

INCOMATI was built in 1912 by Gebr. Sachsenberg AG, at Koln-Deutz with a tonnage of 340grt, a length of 129ft 7in, a beam of 25ft 8in and a service speed of 9 knots. She was built as a tender and sea-going tug for Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie and launched on 1st October 1912 as the Leutnant. Based at the German East African ports she had two dumb lighters, Inga and Irma, of 353grt. In August 1914 she was interned at Beira in Mozambique and on 11th March 1916 was taken over by the Portuguese Government and renamed Incomati. Acquired by Union-Castle in 1924 she operated a feeder service along the Mozambique coast to Chinde - Quelimane - Macusa - Maquival towing the two lighters. In 1928 she was replaced by Rovuma and on 22nd February was sold to Cia Nacional de Nav. of Lourenço Marques for a Beira - Chinde service towing her two lighters ,Inga and Irma, carrying sugar for the Sena Sugar Co. She was moved to Luanda in Portuguese West Africa during 1930 and on 14th June 1931 arrived at Lisbon to operate the company's harbour services. She was converted to a lighter in 1933 and was still in use as such in 1978.

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Ship Name: exact name searchOfficial Number: ID: Search guidelines

Single Ship Report for "5603346"

IDNo:	5603346	Year:	1912
Name:	LEUTNANT	Keel:
Type:	Tug	Launch Date:
Flag:	DEU	Date of completion:	10.12

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Tons:	340	Link:
DWT:		Yard No:
Length overall:		Ship Design:
LPP:	39.5	Country of build:	DEU
Beam:	7.8	Builder:	Sachsenberg
Material of build:		Location of yard:	Koln-Deutz
Number of screws/Mchy/ Speed(kn):	2C-9

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Naval or paramilitary marking :
A:	*
End:	1933

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Subsequent History:

16 INCOMATI
Disposal Data:

made into a lighter 1933 (still afloat 1990)


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[Red Lead Ted]

I might sleep at night now, Just a quick follow on as an ex deck U.C.L. Seaman they where known as the Lavender fleet because of the colour of the unique hull, Anyone know what the actual cans of paint that painted the ships side was called or did it have a name ???? This might be as tricky as yours Chris Regards lads Terry.

[robpage]

London Grey , was the official paint colour that was called lavender

[Tony Frost]

A ship?

[Ivan Cloherty]

A ship?

Tony, you have to imagine her before she had one funnel, foremast, mainmast and accommodation block removed

[happy daze john in oz]

London Grey , was the official paint colour that was called lavender

If I recall London grey is the normal colour of London fog. To call it Lavender someone must have been colour blind.

[robpage]

As far as I remember the paint was made by the Craig Hubbock paint works in Shieldhall , which was a British & Commonwealth company ,