About: HMS Manica

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HMS Manica was a merchant steamship that was built in England in 1901 and was scrapped in Japan in 1931. She was built as a dry cargo ship but spent the latter part of her career as an oil tanker. She is most notable for her service in the First World War. In 1915 she was converted into the Royal Navy's first kite balloon ship. Later in the war the Navy had her converted into an oiler. The Admiralty sold her back into civilian service in 1920.

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  • HMS Manica was a merchant steamship that was built in England in 1901 and was scrapped in Japan in 1931. She was built as a dry cargo ship but spent the latter part of her career as an oil tanker. She is most notable for her service in the First World War. In 1915 she was converted into the Royal Navy's first kite balloon ship. Later in the war the Navy had her converted into an oiler. The Admiralty sold her back into civilian service in 1920. She was renamed Huntball in 1917 and Phorus in 1920. Her original owner was Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd, which in 1914 became part of Ellerman Lines and was renamed Ellerman & Bucknall. After the First World War she was owned by Anglo-Saxon Petroleum, which is part of Royal Dutch Shell. (en)
  • HMS Manica – okręt balonowy należący do Royal Navy, wziął udział w bitwie o Gallipoli w 1915 roku. (pl)
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  • 1900-09-25 (xsd:date)
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  • Scrapped 1931
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  • *1915: kite balloon *1916: kite balloon, plus seaplane (en)
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  • *by 1916: 1 × 4-inch gun (en)
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  • Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland (en)
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  • into Royal Navy, March 1915 (en)
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  • December 1900 (en)
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  • 2 (xsd:integer)
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  • out of Royal Navy, October 1919 (en)
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  • Scrapped 1931 (en)
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  • *UK official number 112782 *1901: code letters SDGP * *1915: pennant number Y4.17 *1917: pennant number Y3.313 *by 1930: code letters TVRP * (en)
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  • 1900-09-25 (xsd:date)
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  • *1900: Manica *1915: HMS Manica *1918: Huntball *1920: Phorus (en)
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  • *1901: Manica *1920: Phorus (en)
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  • sister ships: Barotse, Bantu, (en)
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  • *1901: Bucknall Brothers *1915: Royal Navy (en)
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  • *1900: Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd *1914: Ellerman & Bucknall SS Co Ltd *1918: Admiralty *1920: Anglo-Saxon Petroleum (en)
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  • 530 (xsd:integer)
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  • *1901: London *1915: *1919: London (en)
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  • *1914: , *1930: , (en)
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  • *1900: cargo ship *1915: kite balloon ship *1917: oil tanker (en)
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  • HMS Manica – okręt balonowy należący do Royal Navy, wziął udział w bitwie o Gallipoli w 1915 roku. (pl)
  • HMS Manica was a merchant steamship that was built in England in 1901 and was scrapped in Japan in 1931. She was built as a dry cargo ship but spent the latter part of her career as an oil tanker. She is most notable for her service in the First World War. In 1915 she was converted into the Royal Navy's first kite balloon ship. Later in the war the Navy had her converted into an oiler. The Admiralty sold her back into civilian service in 1920. (en)
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  • HMS Manica (en)
  • HMS Manica (pl)
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  • *1900: Manica (en)
  • *1915: HMS Manica (en)
  • *1918: Huntball (en)
  • *1920: Phorus (en)
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