Engineering:SS Daram

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Short description: American ship that ran aground in Bermuda
History
Name: Daram
Owner: USSB
Port of registry: Philadelphia
Builder: Traylor Shipbuilding Corp., Cornwells Heights
Yard number: 181
Laid down: 26 December 1917
Launched: 19 October 1918
Completed: 19 December 1918
In service: 28 December 1918
Identification:
  • US Official Number 217213
  • code letters LNSJ
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Fate: Wrecked, 9 October 1919
General characteristics
Type:

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Cargo ship

Length: 267.3 feet (81.5 m)
Beam: 46.0 feet (14.0 m)
Depth: 23.6 feet (7.2 m)
Installed power: 1,400 ihp
Propulsion: Screw propeller
Speed: 10 knots

SS Daram was a Design 1001 wooden cargo ship that ran aground on Long Bar Reef, Bermuda, while she was travelling from Pensacola, Florida, United States , to Marseille, France .

Construction

Daram was constructed in 1918.

The ship was 81.4 metres (267 ft 1 in) long and had a beam of 14 metres (45 ft 11 in). The ship was assessed at 2,573 GRT. She had a Triple expansion steam engine driving a single screw propeller which could hit a speed of 10 knots.

Sinking

On 9 October 1919, Daram was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States , to Marseille, France , when she ran aground on Long Bar Reef, Bermuda. There were no casualties.[1]

References

  1. "Daram". Wrecksite. 24 September 2015. http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?212032. Retrieved 24 September 2015. 


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