S.S. Kilkenny
Kilkenny was built in 1903 and was the last steamer delivered new to the City of Dublin SP Co. She was a slightly larger version of the existing Liverpool steamers at 1419 gross tons, built by the Clyde Shipbuilding Co in Port Glasgow. She was sold to the Great Eastern Railway in 1917, In 1917 she was purchased by the Great Eastern Railway for the Harwich-Rotterdam service and was in 1919 renamed Frinton. (Wurde am 22.4.1941 in Griechenland als griechische "Frinton" bei Megalo Lefko / Megara in der Nähe Athens von der dt. Luftwaffe versenkt. Sie war eins von 70 versenkten Handelsschiffen dort in jener Woche; 10.000 Australier konnten in den nächsten Tagen dort trotzdem evakuiert werden)
1916
City of Dublin Steam Packet Co. Express Passenger and Goods. Service twice daily
(each way?) between Dublin and Liverpool in connection with Irish and English
railways." (CityofDublin)
Brussels (ein anderes Fährschiff der Linie, dessen Kapitän von den Deutschen erschossen wurde weil er versucht hatte ein deutsches U-Boot zu rammen. Das geschah 1916 zur Zeit der Überführung der Missionare auf derselben Linie und machte viel böses Blut, und war auch nicht unumstritten auf dt. Seite. Der anfängliche Gentleman-Krieg zur See war 1916 nicht mehr aktuell.) was built in 1902 for the Harwich-Antwerp service. In WW1, she transferred to the Tilbury-Hook route, and was captured by German warships in 1916. Her master, Captain Fryatt, was executed by German firing squad for attempting to ram a U-Boat which had attacked his ship. In 1920 she was sold to the Dublin & Lancashire SS Co, and later served with the British & Irish SP Co as "Lady Brussels".
Getragen auf Adlers Flügeln Reise Indien-Golkonda-GB-Kilkenny-NL-DE
Golkonda Das Schiff von dem sie auf die Kilkenny umstiegen (2 mal sogar..)
U-Boot UC3 dass die Mine gelegt hatte auf die die Golconda später lief (da war es schon selbst durch eine engl. Mine versenkt worden ..)
One of the most beloved passenger ships in the history
of the Greek Aktoploia was the great ship Frinton, a jewel of the Mediterranean,
a passenger ship that traveled from Brindisi to Corfu and Piraeus, but also to
Mytilene, Cyclades and Crete. It has graced numerous old pictures and postcards.
Its classic, austere Scottish cut made her a great ship to look at. This was not
a lordiko yacht (a yacht made for a rich British businessman and transformed
later to a passenger ship in Greece, as it had happened with Kyknos, Glaros,
Elvira, Petros, Doris and so many other ships. She was built especially a
passenger route, and what a route! Liverpool-Dublin. Hundreds of thousands of
passengers used her before she was transferred to Greece, the the Aktoploia
Samou Iglessi, what is internationally known as the Igglessis Line.
Let's see first her technical characteristics from Miramar :Single Ship Report
for "1117513"
IDNo: 1117513 Year: 1903 Name: KILKENNY Launch Date: 30.12.02 Type:
Passenger/cargo Date of completion: 4.03 Flag: GBR Keel:
Tons: 1419 Link: 1596 DWT:
Yard No: 254
Ship Design: LPP: 82.2 Country of build: GBR Beam: 11.0 Builder: Clyde SB
Material of build:
Location of yard: Port Glasgow Number of
Speed(kn): 1T-15
Owner as Completed: City of Dublin S.P.Co, Dublin Naval or paramilitary marking
:
A: * End: 1941
Subsequent History:
19 FRINTON
Disposal Data:
ac/b Megara 22.4.41
She was built in the great Shipyards of Clyde SB
and had a respectable 1,419 tons and a service speed of 15.1 knots. This
explains, first, why she was great for the rough seas between England and
Ireland and, second, why she was thrown into the Italy-Greece route when she
first came to Greece.
She was a ship of the City of Dublin Line Steam Packet Co.
At the same time, the Liverpool-Dublin service was being run by the similar
ships Carlow, Kerry, Wicklow, Louth and Cork, which ran an evening trip each way
with goods and passengers, and a morning trip with passengers and fast traffic.
Connaught and Leinsterwere lost in the war. After the war, the company's
finances were not in a good state, having lost two of their best ships, and with
the troubles in Ireland at this time. The company sold its Dublin-Liverpool
route and ships to the British & Irish SP Co in 1919.
In addition, it provides the following information about
Kilkenny (which is
the name of an Irish County and town)
Kilkenny
was the last steamer delivered new to the City of Dublin SP Co. She was a
slightly larger version of the existing Liverpool steamers at 1419 gross tons,
built by the Clyde Shipbuilding Co in Port Glasgow. She was sold to the Great
Eastern Railway in 1917, and was later renamed Frinton.
Her two years with Great Eastern Railway she was
Frinton, a name that has attracted a lot
of questions. Frinton-at-Sea is a small town in Eastern England. Frinton (with
this name since 1917, not 1919 as mentioned elsewhere) was doing the
Harwich-Rotterdam route (talk about winds and bad weather!).
And then, in 1919, She was sold to the Igglessis Line, who -wisely- decided to
keep her name, thus transforming her into a magical ship!
One of the most beloved passenger ships in the history of Greece was the great
ship Frinton, a jewel of the Mediterranean, a passenger ship that traveled from
Brindisi to Corfu and Piraeus, but also to Mytilene, Cyclades and Crete. In
1919, She was sold to the Igglessis Line, who -wisely- decided to keep her name,
thus transforming her into a magical ship!
Frinton pictures around on the Web and elsewhere. Some time ago, xara uploaded
http://www.nautilia.gr/forum/showthread.php?t=52879 one of the bset pictures of
Frinton. She is shown In Corfu in the early 1930s among various Greek naval
ships including Averof at the very left in the back
Frinton.jpg
Another photo, again from Corfu is from the collection of Petros Karalis and was
uploaded on June 28, 2008 in the Corfu blog http://oldkerkyraphoto.blogspot.com/
Frinton2.jpg
The Greek maritime painter Antonios Milanos did a
great oil painting of Frinton that can be
found at the Museum of History of Greek Shipping and is attached also here
Frinton by Antonios Milanos.jpg
And here are some of her routes... On June 15, 1928 to the Cyclades
June 15 1928,jpg.jpg
And here in a photo from Lesvos from http://costef.eu/lesvoships.htm
Frinton5.jpg
Frinton had a sad end... As http://oldkerkyraphoto.blogspot.com/ mentions
SS KILKENNY
built by Clyde
Shipbuilding Company Port Glasgow,
Yard No 254
Engines by shipbuilder
Last Name: FRINTON
(1919)
Port of Registry: Samos Greece
Propulsion: steam, triple expansion. 542 nhp
Launched: Tuesday, 30/12/1902
Built: 1903
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 1316 grt
Length: 269.7 feet
Breadth: 36.2 feet
Draught: 16.3 feet
Owner History:
City of Dublin Steam Packet Company
1917 Great Eastern Railway
1923 London & North Eastern Railway
1927 Samos SN Co, London
1928 D Inglessi fils SA de Nav., Samos
Status: Bombed & Sunk - 22/04/1941
Remarks: Sunk by German aircraft at Megara during the invasion of Greece.
Previous update by Bruce Biddulph
Previous update by George Robinson
Last updated: by Colin Campbell from the original records by Stuart Cameron
(clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt)
20.– 24.4.1941 Luftkrieg Griechenland
Bei Angriffen der Luftflotte 4 auf Schiffsziele in griech.
Gewässern werden am 20.4. der Zerstörer Psara bei Megara versenkt und der
neue Zerstörer Vasilefs Georgios I. beschädigt. Am 22.4. werden die
Zerstörer Hydra und Leon und das Torpedoboot Thyella in
Piräus versenkt, ebenso wie am 23.4. die alten griech. Schlachtschiffe Kilkis
und Lemnos. Darüber hinaus werden die Torpedoboote Kios,
Alkioni, Doris und Aigli, 3 Minenleger, 1 Vermessungsschiff
und im Zeitraum vom 16. bis 29.4. insgesamt 70 Handelsschiffe mit zusammen mehr
als 100.000 BRT versenkt.
(seekrieg/41)
S.S. Kilkenny. List of pay of officers; wages of seamen and firemen. 1916. Open Document, Open Description, Normal Closure before FOI Act: 30 years. (nationalarchives)
Greek steamer FRINTON (1361grt) was sunk by German bombing at Megalo Lefko. (naval-history)
April 25, 1941. The few RAF squadrons leave
Greece. Some 10,200 Australian troops are evacuated from Nauplion and Megara.
The Germans stage an airborne operation to seize the bridges over the Corinth
Canal
(e.a.)