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smoke was seen coming from the engine room. Apia Radio then attempted to contact vessels in the vicinity of Gardner Island but none could be located closer than 850 miles from the Norwich City.Īt 4:00 a.m. After three hours, contact was made with Apia, Western Samoa. Lightning, heavy rain, and high winds, made radio communications difficult for wireless operator Clark. The order was given to don life jackets and prepare the lifeboats, as he and the officers conducted an assessment of the damage and made soundings around the ship-hoping that daylight would offer the opportunity to “let her off”.
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on the night of 29 November 1929, in near total darkness, torrential rain, high winds, and heavy seas, the Norwich City slammed up on the fringing reef of Gardner Island.Ĭaptain Daniel Hamer had the bridge watch. Strong unexpected currents had set the vessel off its course. Steaming in ballast and nearing the halfway point en-route to Honolulu, the Norwich City encountered a cyclonic weather disturbance with powerful westerly winds and heavy seas. In Melbourne, Vic., Australia, the Norwich City off-loaded her cargo of coal for the Metropolitan Gas Company and with its crew of four officers and 31 men, departed for Vancouver, B.C., Canada, via Honolulu on 17 November 1929. Planned Routes of Norwich City and Trongate In 1930 accidents continued when the American freighter Losmar struck the span, and the log carrier Pacific Gatherer toppled the bridge into Burard Inlet, putting it out of commission for four years. Accidents had plagued the bridge in its first years, with major damage caused when the American freighter Eurana and the tug Shamrock struck the bridge in 1927, and on 23 April 1928 the Norwich City struck the Second Narrows bridge and was taken to the Burrard Dry Dock Company, where repairs and repainting were completed. The bridge was low, and the bascule was built near the south shore in shallow water in order to eliminate the cost of constructing two expensive towers for a lift span-against the recommendations of shipping experts. The name “Second Narrows” derives from the second narrowing of Burrard Inlet. the bridge across the tidal bore known as Burrard Inlet was completed in 1925 with its companion rail bridge completed in 1926. The Norwich City was involved in an accident, striking Vancouver’s Second Narrows Bridge the year prior to her grounding on Gardner Island. (North Vancouver Museum and Archives 7347) Norwich City and Her Cargo of Lumber with Derricks and Funnel Toppled. Norwich City and the Second Narrows Bridge Just Steamship Company, Limited, was changed to Reardon Smith Lines, Limited, and continued to expand. In 1928 modifications to the ship had changed her gross tonnage to its last recorded gross tonnage of 5587.08.īy 1922 the Reardon Smith fleet had grown to 39 vessels. The ship’s name was changed to Norwich City by Board of Trade minutes number 2544. Just Steamship Company, Limited, with Sir William Reardon Smith, Limited, designated to manage the vessel. The London certificate was given up and cancelled on 24 April 1919, when the ship was re-registered at Bideford, UK, to the St. At launching, the gross tonnage was calculated to be 5633.2 her displacement was 8730 tons. The steering gear and windlass machinery were also operated by steam. Fitted with two multitubular steel boilers, steam was produced at 180 psi. She was driven by a Central Marine 412 BHP (1960 IHP) triple expansion reciprocating steam engine whose three cylinders of 70, 40, and 26 inches propelled the ship at an operating speed of 9 knots. The keel had been laid five months earlier on 9 February 1911, and was constructed of steel. The 397 foot bulk carrier had a beam of 53 feet 5.5 inches. Originally built for the London and Northern Steamship Company, she was registered out of London as ship number 132596.
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The Norwich City was launched as the Normanby on 12 July 1911, by William Gray and Company of West Hartlepool with the assigned yard number of 792 (similar to a constructor's number). Originally Constructed as SS Normanby (Courtesy: Hartlepool Built)