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|Hide header=
|Ship country= United Kingdom
|Ship country= United Kingdom
|Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|UK|civil}}
|Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|UK|civil}}
|Ship name= '''SS ''Glentworth'''''<ref name=WreckSite>{{cite web |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?68499 |title=SS Box Hill [+1939] |last1=Lettens |first1=Jan |last2=Racey |first2=Carl |date=30 December 2010 |work=The Wreck Site |publisher= |accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>
|Ship name= '''SS ''Glentworth'''''<ref name=WreckSite>{{cite web |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?68499 |title=SS Box Hill [+1939] |last1=Lettens |first1=Jan |last2=Racey |first2=Carl |date=30 December 2010 |work=The Wreck Site |access-date=25 May 2011}}</ref>
|Ship owner=*Dalgliesh Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.,
|Ship owner=*Dalgliesh Steam Shipping Co. Ltd.,
*[[Newcastle-upon-Tyne]]<ref name=LR33>{{cite book |url= http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/pdffile.php?name=33b0356.pdf |year=1933 |title=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |location=London |publisher=[[Lloyd's Register]] |accessdate=30 March 2013}}</ref>
*[[Newcastle-upon-Tyne]]<ref name=LR33>{{cite book |url= https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/33/33b0356.pdf |year=1933 |title=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |location=London |publisher=[[Lloyd's Register]] |access-date=30 March 2013}}</ref>
|Ship operator=
|Ship ordered=
|Ship builder= [[Hawthorn Leslie and Company|Hawthorn Leslie & Co]], Newcastle-upon-Tyne<ref name=LR33/>
|Ship builder= [[Hawthorn Leslie and Company|Hawthorn Leslie & Co]], Newcastle-upon-Tyne<ref name=LR33/>
|Ship yard number= 490<ref name=WreckSite/>
|Ship yard number= 490<ref name=WreckSite/>
|Ship laid down=
|Ship launched= 15 July 1920
|Ship launched= 1920
|Ship completed= November 1920<ref name=LR33/>
|Ship completed= November 1920<ref name=LR33/>
|Ship acquired=
|Ship in service=
|Ship registry= {{flagicon|United Kingdom|civil}} Newcastle-upon-Tyne<ref name=LR33/>
|Ship registry= {{flagicon|United Kingdom|civil}} Newcastle-upon-Tyne<ref name=LR33/>
|Ship identification=*UK [[official number]] 144931<ref name=LR33/>
|Ship identification=*UK [[official number]] 144931<ref name=LR33/>
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|Ship out of service= 1934<ref name=WreckSite/>
|Ship out of service= 1934<ref name=WreckSite/>
|Ship fate= Sold<ref name=WreckSite/>
|Ship fate= Sold<ref name=WreckSite/>
|Ship status=
|Ship notes=
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|Ship name= '''SS ''Box Hill'''''<ref name=WreckSite/>
|Ship name= '''SS ''Box Hill'''''<ref name=WreckSite/>
|Ship namesake= [[Box Hill, Surrey]]
|Ship namesake= [[Box Hill, Surrey]]
|Ship owner= Surrey Hill Steamship Co. Ltd.<ref name=LR34>{{cite book |url= http://www.plimsollshipdata.org/pdffile.php?name=34b0945.pdf |year=1934 |title=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |location=London |publisher=[[Lloyd's Register]] |accessdate=30 March 2013}}</ref>
|Ship owner= Surrey Hill Steamship Co. Ltd.<ref name=LR34>{{cite book |url= https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/34/34b0945.pdf |year=1934 |title=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |location=London |publisher=[[Lloyd's Register]] |access-date=30 March 2013}}</ref>
|Ship operator= [[Counties Ship Management]] Co Ltd, [[London]]<ref name=WreckSite/>
|Ship operator= [[Counties Ship Management]] Co Ltd, [[London]]<ref name=WreckSite/>
|Ship acquired= 1934<ref name=WreckSite/>
|Ship acquired= 1934<ref name=WreckSite/>
|Ship in service=
|Ship registry= {{flagicon|United Kingdom|civil}} London<ref name=LR34/>
|Ship registry= {{flagicon|United Kingdom|civil}} London<ref name=LR34/>
|Ship identification=*UK [[official number]] 144931<ref name=LR33/>
|Ship identification=*UK [[official number]] 144931<ref name=LR33/>
*[[Call sign#Ships and boats|call sign]] GDWN<ref name=LR34/>
*[[Maritime call sign|Call sign]] GDWN<ref name=LR34/>
*{{ICS|Golf}}{{ICS|Delta}}{{ICS|Whiskey}}{{ICS|November}}
*{{ICS|Golf}}{{ICS|Delta}}{{ICS|Whiskey}}{{ICS|November}}
|Ship out of service= 31 December 1939<ref name=WreckSite/>
|Ship out of service= 31 December 1939<ref name=WreckSite/>
|Ship fate= Sunk by mine
|Ship fate= Sunk by mine
|Ship status=
|Ship notes=
}}
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
{{Infobox ship characteristics
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|Ship class= [[Cargo ship]]<ref name=WreckSite/>
|Hide header=
|Header caption=
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|Ship class= [[cargo ship]]<ref name=WreckSite/>
|Ship tonnage=*{{GRT|5677}}
|Ship tonnage=*{{GRT|5677}}
*tonnage under deck 5,310
*tonnage under deck 5,310
*{{NRT|3,510}}<ref name=LR33/>
*{{NRT|3,510}}<ref name=LR33/>
|Ship displacement=
|Ship length= {{convert|450.0|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name=LR33/> [[Between perpendiculars|p/p]]
|Ship length= {{convert|450.0|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name=LR33/> [[Between perpendiculars|p/p]]
|Ship beam= {{convert|55.0|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name=LR33/>
|Ship beam= {{convert|55.0|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name=LR33/>
|Ship height=
|Ship depth= {{convert|26.4|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name=LR33/>
|Ship depth= {{convert|26.4|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name=LR33/>
|Ship draught= {{convert|25|ft|6+1/4|in|2}}<ref name=LR33/>
|Ship draught= {{convert|25|ft|6+1/4|in|2}}<ref name=LR33/>
|Ship ice class=
|Ship power=*620 [[Horsepower#Nominal horsepower|NHP]] (as built);<ref name=LR33/>
|Ship power=*620 [[Horsepower#Nominal horsepower|NHP]] (as built);<ref name=LR33/>
*586 NHP (after 1934)<ref name=LR34/>
*586 NHP (after 1934)<ref name=LR34/>
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Hawthorn Leslie 3-cylinder [[Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion|triple expansion steam engine]] (after 1934)<ref name=LR34/>
Hawthorn Leslie 3-cylinder [[Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion|triple expansion steam engine]] (after 1934)<ref name=LR34/>
|Ship speed= {{convert|11|kn|km/h}}<ref name=WreckSite/>
|Ship speed= {{convert|11|kn|km/h}}<ref name=WreckSite/>
|Ship capacity=
|Ship crew=20 or 22<ref name=WreckSite/>
|Ship crew=20 or 22<ref name=WreckSite/>
|Ship armament=
|Ship notes=
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'''SS ''Glentworth''''' was a shelter deck [[cargo ship|cargo]] steamship built in 1920 by [[Hawthorn Leslie and Company|Hawthorn Leslie & Co.]] in [[Newcastle-upon-Tyne]], England for R.S. Dalgliesh and Dalgliesh Steam Shipping Co. Ltd., also of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.<ref name=WreckSite/> After the [[Great Depression in the United Kingdom|Great Depression]] affected UK merchant shipping in the first years of the 1930s, Dalgliesh sold ''Glentworth'' to a company controlled by [[Counties Ship Management]] (an offshoot of the Rethymnis & Kulukundis shipbroking company of London<ref name=CSM1>{{cite web |url= http://www.lof-news.co.uk/CountiesHistory/Counties1.htm |title=Counties Ship Management 1934–2007 |last=Fenton |first=Roy |year=2006 |work=LOF–News |publisher= |page=1 |accessdate=26 July 2010}}</ref>) who renamed her '''SS ''Box Hill'''''.<ref name=WreckSite/>
'''SS ''Glentworth''''' was a shelter deck [[cargo ship|cargo]] steamship built in 1920 by [[Hawthorn Leslie and Company|Hawthorn Leslie & Co.]] in [[Newcastle-upon-Tyne]], England for R.S. Dalgliesh and Dalgliesh Steam Shipping Co. Ltd., also of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.<ref name=WreckSite/> After the [[Great Depression in the United Kingdom|Great Depression]] affected UK merchant shipping in the first years of the 1930s, Dalgliesh sold ''Glentworth'' to a company controlled by [[Counties Ship Management]] (an offshoot of the Rethymnis & Kulukundis shipbroking company of London<ref name=CSM1>{{cite web |url= http://www.lof-news.co.uk/CountiesHistory/Counties1.htm |title=Counties Ship Management 1934–2007 |last=Fenton |first=Roy |year=2006 |work=LOF–News |page=1 |access-date=26 July 2010}}</ref>) who renamed her '''SS ''Box Hill'''''.<ref name=WreckSite/>


==Details==
==Details==
The ship's stokehold had 12 corrugated furnaces with a combined grate area of {{convert|214|sqft|0}}.<ref name=LR33/> They heated three 200 [[Pounds per square inch|lb<sub>f</sub>/in<sup>2</sup>]] single-ended boilers with a combined heating surface of {{convert|8655|sqft|0}}.<ref name=LR33/><ref name=LR34/> She was built as a turbine steamer: two [[Steam turbine#Marine propulsion|steam turbines]] with a combined power output of 620 [[Horsepower#Nominal horsepower|NHP]] drove the shaft to the single propellor by reduction gearing.<ref name=LR33/> However, when she changed hands in 1934 she was re-engined with a Hawthorn Leslie 586 NHP three-cylinder [[Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion|triple expansion steam engine]].<ref name=LR34/> The conversion retained her original boilers, but her furnaces were converted to oil burning.<ref name=LR34/>
The ship's stokehold had 12 corrugated furnaces with a combined grate area of {{convert|214|sqft|0}}.<ref name=LR33/> They heated three 200 [[Pounds per square inch|lb<sub>f</sub>/in<sup>2</sup>]] single-ended boilers with a combined heating surface of {{convert|8655|sqft|0}}.<ref name=LR33/><ref name=LR34/> She was built as a turbine steamer: two [[Steam turbine#Marine propulsion|steam turbines]] with a combined power output of 620 [[Horsepower#Nominal horsepower|NHP]] drove the shaft to the single propeller by reduction gearing.<ref name=LR33/> However, when she changed hands in 1934 she was re-engined with a Hawthorn Leslie 586 NHP three-cylinder [[Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion|triple expansion steam engine]].<ref name=LR34/> The conversion retained her original boilers, but her furnaces were converted to oil burning.<ref name=LR34/>


The ship was equipped with [[direction finding]] equipment and radio.<ref name=LR33/>
The ship was equipped with [[direction finding]] equipment and radio.<ref name=LR33/>


==Loss==
==Loss==
Late in 1939 ''Box Hill'' sailed from [[St John, New Brunswick]] bound for [[Kingston-upon-Hull|Hull]] with a cargo of 8,452 tons wheat.<ref name=WreckSite/> On New Year's Eve she was in the [[North Sea]] {{convert|9|nmi|km}} off the [[Humber]] [[lightvessel|lightship]] when she struck a German [[Naval mine|mine]].<ref name=WreckSite/> The explosion broke her back and she sank almost immediately with the loss of all hands.<ref name=WreckSite/>
Late in 1939 ''Box Hill'' sailed from [[Saint John, New Brunswick]] bound for [[Kingston-upon-Hull|Hull]] with a cargo of 8,452 tons wheat.<ref name=WreckSite/> On New Year's Eve she was in the [[North Sea]] {{convert|9|nmi|km}} off the [[Humber]] [[lightvessel|lightship]] when she struck a German [[Naval mine|mine]].<ref name=WreckSite/> The explosion broke her back and she sank almost immediately with the loss of over half its crew.<ref name=WreckSite/>


''Box Hill'' was Counties Ship Management's first loss of the [[World War II|Second World War]]. CSM's losses continued until just a week before the [[surrender of Japan]] in August 1945, by which time the company had lost a total of 13 ships.
''Box Hill'' was Counties Ship Management's first loss of the [[World War II|Second World War]]. CSM's losses continued until just a week before the [[surrender of Japan]] in August 1945, by which time the company had lost a total of 13 ships.


Both sections of ''Box Hill''{{'}}s wreck were a hazard to shipping and showed above the water.<ref name=WreckSite/> In 1952 the [[Royal Navy]] dispersed her remains with high explosive and [[Admiralty]] charts now mark her position as a "foul" ground.<ref name=WreckSite/>
Both sections of ''Box Hill''{{'}}s wreck were a hazard to shipping and showed above the water.<ref name=WreckSite/> In 1952 the [[Royal Navy]] dispersed her remains with high explosive and [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]] charts now mark her position as a "foul" ground.<ref name=WreckSite/>


==References==
==References==
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==Sources & further reading==
==Sources & further reading==
*{{cite book |last=Sedgwick |first=Stanley |editor1-last=Kinnaird |editor1-first=Mark |editor2-last=O'Donoghue |editor2-first=K.J |title=London & Overseas Freighters, 1948–92: A Short History |origyear=1992 |year=1993 |publisher=[[World Ship Society]] |location= |isbn=0-905617-68-1 |ref=harv}}
*{{cite book |last=Sedgwick |first=Stanley |editor1-last=Kinnaird |editor1-first=Mark |editor2-last=O'Donoghue |editor2-first=K.J |title=London & Overseas Freighters, 1948–92: A Short History |orig-year=1992 |year=1993 |publisher=[[World Ship Society]] |isbn=0-905617-68-1 }}
*{{cite book |last1=Sedgwick |first1=Stanley |last2=Sprake |first2=R.F. |title=London & Overseas Freighters Limited 1949–1977 |year=1977 |publisher=[[World Ship Society]] |location= |isbn=0-905617-01-0 |ref=harv}}
*{{cite book |last1=Sedgwick |first1=Stanley |last2=Sprake |first2=R.F. |title=London & Overseas Freighters Limited 1949–1977 |year=1977 |publisher=[[World Ship Society]] |isbn= 0905617037 }}


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[[Category:World War II shipwrecks in the North Sea]]
[[Category:World War II shipwrecks in the North Sea]]
[[Category:World War II merchant ships of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:World War II merchant ships of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:1939 disasters in the United Kingdom]]

Latest revision as of 17:09, 16 April 2023

History
United Kingdom
NameSS Glentworth[1]
Owner
Port of registryUnited Kingdom Newcastle-upon-Tyne[2]
BuilderHawthorn Leslie & Co, Newcastle-upon-Tyne[2]
Yard number490[1]
Launched15 July 1920
CompletedNovember 1920[2]
Out of service1934[1]
Identification
FateSold[1]
NameSS Box Hill[1]
NamesakeBox Hill, Surrey
OwnerSurrey Hill Steamship Co. Ltd.[3]
OperatorCounties Ship Management Co Ltd, London[1]
Port of registryUnited Kingdom London[3]
Acquired1934[1]
Out of service31 December 1939[1]
Identification
FateSunk by mine
General characteristics
Class and typeCargo ship[1]
Tonnage
  • 5,677 GRT
  • tonnage under deck 5,310
  • 3,510 NRT[2]
Length450.0 ft (137.2 m)[2] p/p
Beam55.0 ft (16.8 m)[2]
Draught25 feet 6+1⁄4 inches (7.78 m)[2]
Depth26.4 ft (8.0 m)[2]
Installed power
  • 620 NHP (as built);[2]
  • 586 NHP (after 1934)[3]
PropulsionHawthorn Leslie reduction-geared turbine (as built);[2] Hawthorn Leslie 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine (after 1934)[3]
Speed11 knots (20 km/h)[1]
Crew20 or 22[1]

SS Glentworth was a shelter deck cargo steamship built in 1920 by Hawthorn Leslie & Co. in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England for R.S. Dalgliesh and Dalgliesh Steam Shipping Co. Ltd., also of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.[1] After the Great Depression affected UK merchant shipping in the first years of the 1930s, Dalgliesh sold Glentworth to a company controlled by Counties Ship Management (an offshoot of the Rethymnis & Kulukundis shipbroking company of London[4]) who renamed her SS Box Hill.[1]

Details

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The ship's stokehold had 12 corrugated furnaces with a combined grate area of 214 square feet (20 m2).[2] They heated three 200 lbf/in2 single-ended boilers with a combined heating surface of 8,655 square feet (804 m2).[2][3] She was built as a turbine steamer: two steam turbines with a combined power output of 620 NHP drove the shaft to the single propeller by reduction gearing.[2] However, when she changed hands in 1934 she was re-engined with a Hawthorn Leslie 586 NHP three-cylinder triple expansion steam engine.[3] The conversion retained her original boilers, but her furnaces were converted to oil burning.[3]

The ship was equipped with direction finding equipment and radio.[2]

Loss

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Late in 1939 Box Hill sailed from Saint John, New Brunswick bound for Hull with a cargo of 8,452 tons wheat.[1] On New Year's Eve she was in the North Sea 9 nautical miles (17 km) off the Humber lightship when she struck a German mine.[1] The explosion broke her back and she sank almost immediately with the loss of over half its crew.[1]

Box Hill was Counties Ship Management's first loss of the Second World War. CSM's losses continued until just a week before the surrender of Japan in August 1945, by which time the company had lost a total of 13 ships.

Both sections of Box Hill's wreck were a hazard to shipping and showed above the water.[1] In 1952 the Royal Navy dispersed her remains with high explosive and Admiralty charts now mark her position as a "foul" ground.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Lettens, Jan; Racey, Carl (30 December 2010). "SS Box Hill [+1939]". The Wreck Site. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Lloyd's Register of Shipping (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register. 1933. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Lloyd's Register of Shipping (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register. 1934. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  4. ^ Fenton, Roy (2006). "Counties Ship Management 1934–2007". LOF–News. p. 1. Retrieved 26 July 2010.

Sources & further reading

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