SS Jebba
 SS Jebba aground
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| History | |
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| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Builder | Sir Raylton Dixon & Company, Middlesbrough |
| Yard number | 421 |
| Launched | 16 April 1896 |
| Completed | June 1896 |
| Fate | Wrecked on 18 March 1907 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage |
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| Length | 352 ft (107 m) |
| Beam | 44.2 ft (13.5 m) |
| Depth | 23.4 ft (7.1 m) |
| Installed power | 419 nhp |
| Propulsion | T3cyl (27, 43, 72 x 48in), 1 screw |
SS Jebba was a steam ship that ran aground near Bolt Tail, off the coast of Devon, in 1907.[1] Built by Sir Raylton Dixon & Company, Middlesbrough, she was launched in 1896 as the SS Albertville for the Cie. Belge-Maritime du Congo, Antwerp. They sold her in 1898 to the African Steamship Company, London, who renamed her Jebba.[1]
On 18 March 1907 she ran aground near Bolt Tail, while inbound from West Africa for Plymouth and Liverpool with a cargo of ivory, rubber, palm oil, pineapples, bananas and the mail from Nigeria and the Gold Coast. Her 76 crew and 79 passengers were taken off by bosun's chair, with the two fishermen who had organised the rescue, Isaac Jarvis and John Argeat, being awarded the Albert Medal for Lifesaving. The cargo was salvaged after her loss, with the mail she was carrying later the subject of philatelic study.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "SS Jebba 1907". Marine Archaeology & Shipwreck Research. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
External links
Media related to Jebba (ship, 1896) at Wikimedia Commons
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