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33-658: SS Ypiranga was a cargo liner that was launched in Germany in 1908 for the Hamburg America Line (HAPAG). In 1919 the United Kingdom seized her for World War I reparations . In 1921 Anchor Line acquired her and renamed her Assyria . In 1929 the Companhia Colonial de Navegação (CCN) bought her and renamed her Colonial . In 1950 she was sold for scrap , but she sank off

66-535: A U-boat sank the T & J Harrison steamship Auditor northwest of Cape Verde. 75 survivors in lifeboats reached the Azores on 15, 16 and 17 July. On 25 July Mouzinho called at São Vicente, where she embarked some of Clan MacDougall ' s survivors to take them to Bathurst (now Banjul ) in Gambia . On 21 August Colonial called at São Vicente, where she embarked some of Auditor ' s survivors and

99-752: A flying bridge. The flow of water between the tanks, controlled by regulating the movement of the air in the side branches, steadied her in rough seas. After this modification, Ypiranga was reputed to be particularly stable. Her sister ship Corcovado was similarly modified. By 1911 Ypiranga was equipped with wireless telegraphy . By 1913 her wireless call sign was DYA. In 1911 Ypiranga made one round trip between Hamburg and Philadelphia , and then HAPAG transferred her to its route between Hamburg and Mexico via Havana . On 25 May 1911 Porfirio Díaz abdicated as President of Mexico and fled Mexico City . On 31 May he and his family embarked on Ypiranga at Vera Cruz to go into exile. On 4 June

132-473: A new terminal to accommodate passengers in optimum conditions. The terminal is fully equipped with a new baggage scanner, baggage handling area and check in counters. With the increasing popularity of cruises in Europe, Le Havre is becoming a handy starting port, especially for Northern Europe cruises. The port of Le Havre deals with every type of commodities thanks to the diversity of its terminals. Le Havre

165-491: A pair of sister ships for HAPAG. Yard number 133 was launched on 21 December 1907 as Corcovado and completed in April 1908. Yard number 134 was launched on 3 May 1908 as Ypiranga and completed on 8 August. HAPAG gave both ships Brazilian names, as they were built for a service to Brazil. Ypiranga ' s registered length was 447.0 ft (136.2 m), her beam was 55.1 ft (16.8 m), and her depth

198-688: A pilotage service to enhance the safety of cruising in these areas. The port of Le Havre is the second commercial port in France in terms of overall tonnage after Marseille and the largest container port in the country. Between December 2004 and December 2005, the Port of Le Havre handled (in tons per year): In 2022, the port handled more than 3 million containers. Of the 27 tonnes of cocaine seized in France in 2022, more than two thirds came from this port. Le Havre marina accepts boats 24/7 without any tidal stress. Nowadays it offers around 1160 mooring rings,

231-800: A scrapyard in Scotland when she grounded at position 55°25′32″N 5°36′09″W  /  55.425686°N 5.602593°W  / 55.425686; -5.602593 near Campbeltown in the Firth of Clyde . In 1951 she was scrapped in situ . Cargo liner Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.237 via cp1104 cp1104, Varnish XID 206650581 Upstream caches: cp1104 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:41:04 GMT Port of Le Havre The port consists of

264-642: A series of canal-like docks, the Canal de Tancarville and the Grand Canal du Havre , that connect Le Havre to the Seine , close to the Pont de Tancarville , 24 km (14.9 m) upstream. The Port of Le Havre is managed by a state agency called Grand Port Maritime du Havre , created by Decree 2008-1037 on 9 October 2008 and replacing the former "Port Autonome du Havre" that had been created along with Bordeaux by

297-562: A two-class ship, with berths for 381 passengers: 241 in cabin class and 140 in third class. Anchor renamed her Assyria and registered her in Glasgow . On 28 May 1921 she left Glasgow on her new route, which was to New York . In August 1925 Anchor transferred her to its route between Glasgow and Bombay. She also made cruises . In 1929 CCN bought Assyria and had her refitted as a three-class ship, with berths for 429 passengers: 109 in first class, 81 in second class, and 239 in third class. She

330-424: A wedge launch and a bunkering station. However, several services such as electricity and water supplies are available for the users. Nevertheless, with more than a thousand mooring rings, Le Havre marina has underestimated its success. In order to deal with the increasing demand, Le Havre is planning to open a new marina: Port Vauban. Using the old dock present in the city centre, 500 moorings rings will be created at

363-445: Is 14.5 metres at low tide. Each crane returns a productivity of 22 containers per hour. The ground slots corresponds to 3 400 TEUS. It was put into service in 1968 and has a total area of 20 square metres. The wharf is 800 metres in length. It comprises 4 Over-panamax cranes of 60T with 18 container carriers. The yard facilities and the quay equipment belong to the company C.N.M.P. The south terminal with approximately 80 ha consists of

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396-485: Is also in charge of policing the harbour area, monitoring dangerous goods and organising pollution control. Ships longer than 70 metres or transporting dangerous goods must receive the help of a pilot from the pilot station of Le Havre. If masters of the ships have received a pilot's licence, they are allowed to do it alone. As a door to the most frequented seas (The English Channel and the North Sea), Le Havre offers

429-427: Is equipped with 1 "LHM 500" mobile crane which has a maximum load of 100 tonnes. The draught is 14.3 metres at constant level. Each crane returns a productivity of 18 containers per hour. The ground slots correspond to 7 800 TEUS and the empty blockstow correspond to 2 400 TEUS. It is 484 metres length and comprises 4 Over-panamax cranes including 3 with 18 container carriers and 1 with 20 container carriers. The draught

462-729: Is one of the UNESCO cities. Due to its geographical location, on the Seine River mouth, at the entrance of the Channel, Le Havre is a gateway to Normandy and Paris. In 2010, Le Havre cruise port hosted 70 calls and 130,000 passengers and should, in 2011, accommodate 90 calls and 170,000 (+23%) with several maiden calls, including : AIDASol, Queen Elizabeth, MSC Opera, MSC Magnifica, Mein Schiff 2, Ventura and also calls from Aida Cruises, Costa, Princess Cruise or Cunard Line. Le Havre opened

495-486: Is run by a Management Board of four members. Its surveillance council is composed of State representatives, employees, territorial community (Upper Normandy, Seine Maritime, CODAH and Le Havre) and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Le Havre is currently served by Brittany Ferries , linking it to Portsmouth . Formerly, it was also operated by LD Lines until 2014, when it ceased operations. The main responsibility of

528-476: The Deutsch-Australische DG cargo ship Augsburg , which had left New York on 2 February for Durban , and had been reported missing on 22 March. Ypiranga altered course to the south to look for Augsburg . On the night of 15 April Ypiranga ' s wireless operator received RMS Titanic ' s first distress signal. However, having diverted to look for Augsburg , she

561-751: The First World War Ypiranga was laid up in Hamburg. On 2 April 1919 the United Kingdom seized her. The Shipping Controller registered her in London . Her official number was 143166 and her code letters were JWKC. The Shipping Controller appointed White Star Line to manage her as a troop ship , repatriating troops to Australia . In 1920 Ypiranga was laid up in Hull . In 1921 Anchor Line bought her and had her refitted as

594-712: The quarantine station in Mobile , Alabama . On 9 May she landed 190 refugees who had embarked at Vera Cruz and Tampico. 178 were Germans, and the remainder were from other European countries and the US. The refugees accused all sides in the Mexican Revolution of "barbarity", but especially the Zapatistas . One US refugee alleged that Zapatistas in Tabasco tortured to death a German mining engineer and his wife. During

627-465: The Harbour office is to constantly manage sea transport through traffic forecasts, traffic control, berthing of ships, navigation assistance, radar coverage, radio connections, collection and dissemination of information, co-ordination of operations, and remote control of peripheral equipment. It also has to control the flow of navigation on its territory and manage the arrivals and departures of ships. It

660-578: The Normandy terminal with the Asia and Osaka wharf: They are located before the lock in a tidal basin. The 2 quays offer a capacity of 1075 M dredged at 14 M. It is a private terminal : The yard facilities and the quay equipment belong to the company SETN. It is equipped with 5 super overpanamax gantry cranes. The Ocean terminal with the Bougainville quay which is a public Terminal is located after

693-664: The beginning of 2012. This new port is part of a global redevelopment project of the city neighbourhood, with the creation of a commercial centre (Docks Vauban) and the Les Bains Des Docks swimming complex designed by the famous French architect Jean Nouvel . Moreover, the future marina will be close to the railway station and the A29 motorway and former A15 , facilitating its access. Le Havre also receives famous Jacques Vabre transatlantic . The port of Le Havre can accommodate all sizes of world cruise liners. Le Havre

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726-622: The coast of Scotland while being towed to a scrapyard. Ypiranga was built for HAPAG's route between Hamburg and Brazil , but in 1911 was transferred to the company's route to Mexico . There she became involved in the politics of the Mexican Revolution , first taking President Porfirio Díaz into exile in 1911, and then gun-running in 1914 in the Ypiranga incident . In 1908 Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel completed

759-448: The first bill on port autonomy in 1920, a status granted on January 1, 1925 and confirmed by the second bill on port autonomy in 1965. The "Grand Port Maritime du Havre" is a public institution taking care of administrative public service tasks and missions of industrial and commercial public service. It is operated as a public institution of trade and industry and is responsible for the management of all port facilities in its district. It

792-402: The lock (constant level basin), its total area is 40 HA. There are 2 sheds, total area 15 000 square metres. The quay is 1.666 metres long with a water depth of 12.90 metres in a constant level basin. There are 7 ships to shore gantry cranes and 1 x 100 T crane. In addition, five firms are capable of handling and storing the liquid bulk and two firms manage the flows of gasoil and fuel. Moreover,

825-526: The port of Le Havre is competent to accommodate full bulk carriers. Furthermore, this port is a real international facility for the vehicles flows. Thus, it is equipped, with a RoRo centre, with specific facilities to RoRo ships of all size. Containers road traffic and hinterland increased by 13%, railway traffic by 5% and barge river by 16%. Beside the modern harbour infrastructures, Le Havre enjoys all necessary networks allowing logistic companies to despatch arriving goods: The "Port 2000" terminal includes

858-525: The remainder of Clan MacDougall ' s survivors to take them to Cape Town in South Africa . On 10 September another CCN ship, Guiné , embarked the remainder of Auditor ' s survivors to take them to Bathurst. In September 1950 CCN sold Colonial for scrap to the British Iron & Steel Corporation (BRISCO), who renamed her BRISCO 9 . On 17 September she was being towed to

891-572: The ship called at Havana, where the Mexican ambassador and representatives of the Cuban government came aboard to pay him farewell visits. Diaz remained aboard as far as Le Havre . In April 1912 Ypiranga was on an eastbound crossing from Havana to Hamburg via Plymouth and Le Havre. On 13 April the Marconi Company wireless station on Cape Race signalled her, asking her to look for

924-624: Was 27.8 ft (8.5 m). Her tonnages were 8,103  GRT and 4,907  NRT . As built, she had berths for 1,312 passengers: 136 in first class; 126 in second class; and 1,050 in steerage . Ypiranga had twin screws , each driven by a quadruple-expansion steam engine . The combined power of her twin engines was 332 NHP or 4,000 ihp , and gave her a speed of 13 + 1 ⁄ 2 knots (25 km/h). HAPAG registered Ypiranga in Hamburg . Her code letters were RPWN. On 14 October she left Hamburg on her maiden voyage, which

957-671: Was renamed Colonial and registered in Luanda in Angola . Her code letters were LDBM. Her route was between Lisbon and Beira in Moçambique . Ports of call en route were Funchal , São Tomé , Sazaire, Luanda, Porto Amboim , Lobito , Moçâmedes , Lourenço Marques (now Maputo ), and the Island of Mozambique . In 1931 CCN also bought her sister ship, the former Corcovado , which by then had been renamed Maria Cristina . She

990-575: Was renamed Mouzinho . By 1934 Colonial ' s wireless call sign was CSCW, and this had superseded her code letters. On 31 May 1941 a German U-boat sank the Clan Line motor ship Clan MacDougall north of Cape Verde. On 1 June the Portuguese ship Tarrafal found 85 survivors in four lifeboats 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Santo Antão, Cape Verde . Tarrafal rescued them and landed them on São Vicente . On 4 July 1941

1023-411: Was the first container port in France and as a consequence retains a lot of facilities. Nowadays, the port of Le Havre includes three sets of terminals dedicated to containers and 6.5 kilometres of docks: The north terminal has approximately 96 ha of central reservation and consists of three terminals: It is 887 metres in length and comprises 2 Over-panamax cranes with 18 container carriers. Moreover, it

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1056-556: Was to Brazil. In 1911 HAPAG extended her route to Río de la Plata . In September 1910 Germany sold the battleships SMS  Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm and Weissenburg to the Ottoman Navy . Ypiranga repatriated the German crews that delivered them. Early in her career, Ypiranga was found to roll badly. By 1911 this had been remedied by installing two antiroll tanks near her foremast and her mainmast, linked by

1089-467: Was too far south to go to Titanic ' s aid. Augsburg was never found. In April and May 1914 Ypiranga delivered a cargo of rifles, machine guns and ammunition to Vera Cruz and Puerto Mexico (now Coatzacoalcos ) for President Victoriano Huerta 's army. The USA tried to intervene, but was forced to back down. This became known as the Ypiranga incident. On 7 May Ypiranga reached

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