GUVERNØREN
GUVERNØREN
Years Active: 1889-1921
Vessel Type: Steel screw steamer
UNSPECIFIED (Will display fallback anchor icon)
Nationality: Norwegian
Wrecked on rocks in the Falkland Islands, in November 1921, having previously survived a huge harbour explosion in Canada in 1917 which killed 1,782.
Main Use:
Whale Factory Ship
Years Active:
1889-1921
Power:
Harland & Wolff triple expansion 3-cylinder 424NHP
Built:
1889
Size:
5,053 Gross, 3,161 Net tons
131.28 x 13.78 x 9.24 metres
(length, breadth, depth) metres
Design/Build:
Harland and Wolff Ltd at Belfast
Main Use: Whale Factory Ship
Built: 1889
Power: Harland & Wolff triple expansion 3-cylinder 424NHP
Design/Build: Harland and Wolff Ltd at Belfast
Size: 5,053 Gross, 3,161 Net tons
Dimensions: 131.28 x 13.78 x 9.24 metres
At 23:00 on 29th November 1921 at 23:00, in ‘thick’ weather, the GUVERNØREN struck rocks near Cow Bay, East Falkland. There was no loss of life. The officers and crew were able to escape with their personal belongings in three whale catchers and reached Stanley the following day. GUVERNØREN was ‘condemned’ by her insurers on 18th January 1922. Just over three years previously, the GUVERNØREN, under her previous name IMO, but still flagged in Norway, was leaving Halifax harbour in Nova Scotia at speed, trying to make up time on its journey to New York, when she struck a French vessel, MONT BLANC, on the morning of 6th December 1917. The MONT BLANC was carrying TNT and other explosive substances. She caught fire and the crew abandoned what had become a three-kiloton bomb. The MONT BLANC exploded about 20 minutes later, instantly killing at least 1,782 and seriously injuring around 9,000 more. The IMO was blown on to the harbour shore but was later refloated, repaired and renamed.
At 23:00 on 29th November 1921 at 23:00, in ‘thick’ weather, the GUVERNØREN struck rocks near Cow Bay, East Falkland. There was no loss of life. The officers and crew were able to escape with their personal belongings in three whale catchers and reached Stanley the following day. GUVERNØREN was ‘condemned’ by her insurers on 18th January 1922. Just over three years previously, the GUVERNØREN, under her previous name IMO, but still flagged in Norway, was leaving Halifax harbour in Nova Scotia at speed, trying to make up time on its journey to New York, when she struck a French vessel, MONT BLANC, on the morning of 6th December 1917. The MONT BLANC was carrying TNT and other explosive substances. She caught fire and the crew abandoned what had become a three-kiloton bomb. The MONT BLANC exploded about 20 minutes later, instantly killing at least 1,782 and seriously injuring around 9,000 more. The IMO was blown on to the harbour shore but was later refloated, repaired and renamed.
