SS Bury Hill

History


Name:	Cardigan
Owner:	1917–1921: Cardigan Steamship Co Ltd, Cardiff 1921–1924: Henry W Renny, Dundee
Operator:	1917–1921: Jenkins Brothers, Cardiff 1921–1924: E J Leslie, Dundee
Port of registry:	Cardiff (1917–21) Dundee (1921–)
Builder:	Richardson, Duck & Co, Thornaby-on-Tees, England
Yard number:	653
Launched:	16 August 1917
Completed:	October 1917
Identification:	UK Official Number 139622
History

Name:	Pensylvanie
Namesake:	Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, USA
Owner:	1924–1926: Harlem Steamship Co Ltd, London 1926–1934: Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, Paris
Operator:	1924–1926: Brown, Jenkinson & Co Ltd, London 1926–1934: Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, Paris
Port of registry:	1924–1926: Dundee 1926–1934: Le Havre
Route:	France-North America
Launched:	October 1917
History

Name:	Bury Hill
Namesake:	Bury Hill, Hampshire, England
Owner:	Sussex Steamship Co Ltd
Operator:	Counties Ship Management Ltd, London
Port of registry:	London
Identification:	UK official number 139622 call sign GWXT (from 1934)
Fate:	ran aground 7 December 1936
General characteristics
Type:	cargo ship
Tonnage:	4,521 GRT; tonnage under deck 4,233; 2,767 NRT
Length:	400.0 ft (121.9 m)
Beam:	52.0 ft (15.8 m)
Draught:	24 ft 3 in (7.39 m) laden
Depth:	24.3 ft (7.4 m)
Installed power:	425 NHP, 2,600 IHP
Propulsion:	Blair & Co 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine; single screw
Speed:	10 knots
Crew:	31

SS Bury Hill was a cargo ship built in England during the First World War as Cardigan, later becoming Pensylvanie of Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT). In 1934 she returned to the British register as Bury Hill but was wrecked on the coast of Senegal in 1936.

The ship was built by Richardson, Duck and Company of Thornaby-on-Tees in northeast England. She had nine corrugated furnaces with a combined grate area of 192 square feet (18 m²) heating three 180 lb_f/in² single-ended boilers with a combined heating surface of 7,171 square feet (666 m²). The boilers fed a three-cylinder triple expansion steam engine that was built by Blair & Co, and rated at 425 NHP (2,600 IHP).

The ship was launched in 1917 as Cardigan for the Cardigan Steamship Co of Cardiff, who placed her under the management of Jenkins Brothers, also of Cardiff. In 1921 Cardigan sold her to Henry W Renny of Dundee, who placed her under the management of EJ Leslie, also of Dundee. In 1924 Renny sold her to Harlem Steamship Co Ltd, a British subsidiary of CGT (known internationally as "French Line"), who renamed her Pensylvanie and placed her under the management of Brown, Jenkinson & Co Ltd. In 1926 she was transferred to the parent company's ownership and French register. She worked on CGT's regular cargo service between France and North America until 1932, when she was laid up.

CGT sold Pensylvanie in 1934 for £8,500 to the Sussex Steamship Company Ltd, a British company managed by Counties Ship Management, under the control of Basil Mavroleon. She was reconditioned at Newport, Monmouthshire for a gross cost of £13,007, renamed Bury Hill and returned to the British flag.

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