ss Friederike

[martin75]

Hi everyone,

I am looking for infos on this british transport (Friederike 3574 GRT / 1905) trapped in the Black Sea in 1914 and heavily damaged on 29 th october 1914 at Novorossisk by german (turkish) cruiser Breslau (Midilli) : cargo, damages sustained, duration of repairs, ...

All information is welcome

Thanks for your help

 

Claude

[Joe R]

Hi Claude,

This site will help you. tynebuiltships.co.uk/F-Ships/friederike1905.html

 

Respectfully,

Joe R

[martin75]

Thanks for the site, very useful.

If someone knows the exact name of the captain in 1914, I am interested. From russian texts, it seems to be something like O. Pignay but I am not sure of the translation.

Regards

Claude

[seaJane]

I can transliterate Russian - if you load a readable image I'll see what I can do.

[Ralph Currell]

Lloyd's Register (both the 1914-15 and 1915-16 editions) gives the master's name as J.R. Rae.

 

Regards,

   Ralph

[martin75]

Hello seaJane,

thanks for the proposition. I accept with gratitude. In the text, this is the part concerning the cargo Friederike :

 

У пристани Русского Общества Пароходства и Торговли сгорел посаженный своим капитаном на грунт пароход «Чатырдаг», груз которого состоял из муки в трюмах и бочек с маслом и дегтем на палубе. Команда ошвартованного к 1-й пристани Владикавказской железной дороги английского парохода «Фредерик», принявшая начало бомбардировки за салют, высыпала на палубу. Только когда в надстройку начали попадать осколки, капитан судна О. Пигвнай дал приказ экипажу сойти на берег. «Фредерик» пострадал от пожара и получил дифферент на нос, начался пожар и в носовой части русского транспортного судна «Петр Регир», стоявшего у 2-й пристани. Больше досталось находившемуся у 5-й пристани пароходу РОПиТ «Николай» (1085 брт), который «выгорел… и лег боком на грунт».

Thanks also to Ralph. There is no ressemblance between the two names ; it is more than possible that my translation is wrong.

 

Regards

 

Claude

[seaJane]

I'm just about to go away for the rest of the weekend so will get back to you later 

 

sJ

[Kath]

Martin, have you seen the newspaper reports?

[martin75]

I searched in London Times;

[Kath]

Did the London Times have this?

The Black Sea Bombardment - Sunderland sailor's story.

Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette 16 December 1914

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000289%2f19141216%2f087&stringtohighlight=friederike

[martin75]

I find nothing in London Times.

sorry, but I can not access the article because I am not a member of "findmypast"

[Kath]

It's a long article.

Can you get to a library that has access to FMPast?

Here's a report that appeared in the papers;

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 05 November 1914

 

[martin75]

I fear that is hardly possible in France. In any case, many thanks for the report.

Claude