HMS Slinger (1917)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Slinger.
History
Royal Navy
Name: HMS Slinger
Builder: Lobnitz and Company, Limited
Launched: 1917
Acquired: 1917
Commissioned: 1917
Fate: Sold 16 October 1919
History
Greece
Name: SS Niki
Operator: Boyazides L, Brother & Company
Acquired: 1920
In service: 1920
Fate: Sold 1934
History
Greece
Name: SS Niki
Operator: Valsamakis & Company
Acquired: 1934
In service: 1934
Fate: Sold 1937
History
Greece
Name: SS Niki
Operator: Nomikos Petros
Acquired: 1937
In service: 1937
Fate: Sold 1937
History
United Kingdom
Name: SS Lingfield
Operator: Finchley Steamship Company
Acquired: 1937
In service: 1937
Fate: Sunk in collision 17 October 1941
General characteristics
(as HMS Slinger)
Tonnage: 875 gross tons
General characteristics
(As commercial cargo ship)[1]
Tonnage: 1,002 gross tons
Length: 195 feet 4 inches (59.54 meters)
Beam: 35 feet 5 inches (10.80 meters)
Draught: 14 feet 5 inches (4.39 meters)
Propulsion: one 3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine, one shaft, 1,030 ihp (768 Kw)
Speed: 10 knots

HMS Slinger was an experimental catapult ship operated by the Royal Navy during the First World War. After Royal Navy service from 1917 to 1919, she operated as a commercial cargo ship under the names SS Niki and SS Lingfield from 1920 until she sank in 1941.

Royal Navy service

Constructed as a hopper barge, HMS Slinger was purchased from her builder, Lobnitz and Company, Limited of Renfrew, Scotland, prior to completion. Intending to use her as a test bed for the shipborne launching of aircraft, the Royal Navy fitted her with a 60-foot (18.25-meter) compressed air catapult. HMS Slinger operated Fairey F.127 and Short 310 seaplanes during 1918.

A Fairey F.127 seaplane aboard HMS Slinger.

Slinger was sold on October 16, 1919.

Later career

After her sale, the ship was converted into a merchant cargo ship. She entered commercial service under the Greek flag with Boyazides L, Brother & Company in 1920 as SS Niki. Niki was sold to Valsamakis & Company in 1934 and to Nomikos Petros in 1937, remaining under Greek ownersip and registry throughout.[1] On 28 July 1920, Niki arrived leaking at Liverpool and was beached at Tranmere. Cheshire.[2] She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

Niki was sold to Valsamakis & Company in 1934 and to Nomikos Petros in 1937, remaining under Greek ownersip and registry throughout.[1] Later in 1937, Niki was sold to the Finchley Steamship Company and, under British registry, was renamed SS Lingfield. Lingfield continued to operate as a commercial cargo ship until 17 October 1941, when she collided with another vessel in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, England, and sank.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 "SS Lingfield (+1941)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times (42475). London. 29 July 1920. col E, p. 19.

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