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In 1986, a diving team from Terschelling dived on the wreck. They described many details of the ship. The bow was broken and was lying on its side. At the stern, the rudder stock was rising meters above the bottom.<ref name=wrak /> |
In 1986, a diving team from Terschelling dived on the wreck. They described many details of the ship. The bow was broken and was lying on its side. At the stern, the rudder stock was rising meters above the bottom.<ref name=wrak /> |
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | SS Millbank |
| Owner | R.M. Hudson |
| Completed | 1865 |
| Out of service | 24 November 1866 |
| Fate | wrecked at the Netherland |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 548 BRT |
| Depth | 15m |
| Installed power | 110 hp |
SS Millbank sometimes written as SS Millbanke was a 1865 built British steamer. The ship weighed 548 BRT. Its home port was Sunderland. The ship was owned by R.M. Hudson. The captain of the ship was Smith. In November 1866 the ship wrecked at the Netherlands. The crew was saved by another ship.
Some of the cargo and parts of the ship was salvaged and auctioned over multiple sales.
Over 100 years later from 1986 the wreck was located and multiple diving excursions took place to the wreck. In 2013 the wreck was salvaged.[1][2]
Ship details
The ship weighed 548 BRT. The engine room included a large 2-cylinder compound steam engine and two Scottish boilers, each with two fire passages. The ship had a four-bladed iron propeller of around 3.5 meters in diameter.[3][4]
The ship had several skull blocks and corve nails in the railing, indicating that it was also a sailing ship.[3]
Fate
From 12 November 1866 she was with Captain Smith on voyage from Cronstadt to London with a cargo of flour and wool.[5] On 14 November 1866 she wrecked at Vlieland, the Netherlands. The crew was saved by ship “Thomas” of captain Thiis, from Norway bound for Hull.[6]
Cargo
During the first few days 60 bales of wheat flour and four bales of wool came on shore.[5] Also a box marked Millbank came on shore.[3]
On 11 December 1866, a large sale took place on Vlieland, including 226 bales of flour and 18 bales of wool, lying in the warehouse on Vlieland and 49 bales of flour and 7 bales of wool lying in the warehouse on Terschelling. A subsequent sale of wreck items took place on 19 June 1867 on Vlieland, including its 110 hp engine and the salvaged rigging such as sails, ropes, chains, blocks and water barrels.[3]
According to papers in the Terschelling municipal archives much of the cargo was pushed back. In December 1867, 42 bags of flour were found at C.W. Kramer in Urk. The mayor of Vlieland knew the names of people who were illegally in possession of cargo, but did nothing with this information.[3]
Wreck and salvage
20th-century dives
In 1986, a diving team from Terschelling dived on the wreck. They described many details of the ship. The bow was broken and was lying on its side. At the stern, the rudder stock was rising meters above the bottom.[3]
Later, divers from Vlieland demolished the wreck further. The anchor of the ship was salvaged in 1994 and is located in front of the Vlielander Strandhotel.[3]
2013 salvage
From September 2013 the wreck was salvaged.[2][1] Among others the engine of the wreck, were not in the same shape anymore as described after the 20th-century dives. It was assumed, but it could not be assumed with certainty that the recovered ship was the SS Millbank.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Wat zou nu weer naar boven komen?". Cobouw (in Dutch). 30 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Berging wrak by Flylân begûn". Omrop Fryslân (in Western Frisian). 27 September 2013 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Scheepswrak: Millbanke". Wrakkenmuseum (in Dutch).
- ^ "SS Milbanke (+1866)". wrecksite.eu.
- ^ a b "Scheepstijdingen". Rotterdamsche Courant (in Dutch). 27 November 1866 – via Delpher.
- ^ "Scheepstijdingen". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 24 November 1866 – via Delpher.
- ^ "NOMO Wrakberging Zuider Stortemelk". Periplus Archeomare (in Dutch). November 2013 – via docplayer.