SS Telena

SS Telena was a British merchant ship that was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 170 nautical miles (310 km) west north west of the Fastnet Rock (51°16′N 14°00′W) by German submarine SM U-61 on 21 April 1917. Her crew survived.[1] She was en route from Philadelphia to Queenstown, with a cargo of benzine.[2]

History
United Kingdom
Name: Telena
Operator:
Builder: William Gray & Company, West Hartlepool
Launched: 19 September 1895
Completed: November 1895
Fate: Sunk on 21 April 1917
General characteristics
Class and type: Oil tanker
Tonnage:
Length: 375.5 ft (114.5 m)
Beam: 48 ft (15 m)
Depth: 29.8 ft (9.1 m)
Propulsion: T3cyl (27.5, 43.5, 73 x 48in), 398 nhp, 1 screw, engine aft

She was built in 1895 by William Gray & Company of West Hartlepool, she was initially operated by Marcus Samuel & Company, London, the forerunner of Shell Transport & Trading, to which company Telena was transferred on its restructuring in 1898. She was transferred to the subsidiary company Anglo-Saxon Petroleum when it took over Shell's shipping assets in 1907.[1] On 15 December 1916 Telena was inbound to Norfolk, Virginia, when at 8:14 p.m. she collided with the Merchants and Miners Transportation Company's vessel SS Powhatan[3] southeast of Thimble Shoal Light in the deep channel of the lower Chesapeake Bay.[4] Both ships were damaged with Powatan beached with ship and cargo a total loss.[5] Court findings were that Powhatan, in confused signals, had cut across Telena's course rather than pass port to port with the responsibility for the collision resting entirely with Powhatan.[6] On appeal of that decision the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the case and found it "unnecessary to add anything to the full and fair discussion" of the case in the lower court.[7] Powhatan was later salvaged and returned to service as SS Cuba.[8]

Citations
  1. "Telena". Uboat.net. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  2. Tennent, A. J. (2006). British Merchant Ships Sunk by U-boats in World War One. Penzance: Periscope Publishing. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-904381-36-5.
  3. "Powhatan (1916)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  4. District Court, Eastern District, Virginia 1918, p. 786.
  5. District Court, Eastern District, Virginia 1918, p. 787.
  6. District Court, Eastern District, Virginia 1918, pp. 788–789, 790–791.
  7. Circuit Courts of Appeals, Fourth Circuit 1920, p. 192.
  8. Morse Dry Dock and Repair Company 1920, pp. 3–4.

Bibliography
  • Circuit Courts of Appeals, Fourth Circuit (1920). "The Powhatan—The Telena". United States Circuit Courts of Appeals Reports. West Publishing Company. 168. Retrieved 7 October 2014.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • District Court, Eastern District, Virginia (1918). "The Powhatan—The Telena". The Federal Reporter. West Publishing Company. 248. Retrieved 7 October 2014.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "First Motor Driven Passenger Ship". Morse Dry Dock Dial. Morse Dry Dock and Repair Company. 3 (December). 1920. Retrieved 7 October 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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