18-461: (Redirected from SS Columbia ) SS Columbia may refer to: SS Columbia (1840) , a paddle steamer built by Robert Steele & Company and eventually wrecked SS Columbia (1862) , an iron steamship built by Archibald Denny , Dumbarton SS Columbia (1866) , a passenger/cargo vessel built by Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow SS Columbia (1880) ,
36-566: A British ocean liner renamed Belgic in 1917, then Belgenland again in 1923, before becoming the American ship Columbia in 1935, scrapped 1936 SS Columbia (1920) , a Canadian steam tugboat serving Lower Arrow Lake until 1948 SS Columbia (1930) , a Dutch passenger/cargo ship of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Stoomboot-Maatschappij , sunk by torpedo 1943. SS Columbia (Tokyo DisneySea) ,
54-683: A passenger ship theme park Tokyo DisneySea See also [ edit ] USS Columbia [REDACTED] [REDACTED] List of ships with the same or similar names This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_ships_named_SS_Columbia&oldid=1237020888 " Categories : Set index articles on ships Ship names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
72-531: A passenger/cargo vessel built by New York Shipbuilding, Camden, NJ as Dorothy Alexander , then President then Columbia for Alaska Steamship Co; World War II WSA troop transport serving Alaska SS Columbia (1908) , a passenger/cargo vessel built by Russell & Co Port Glasgow SS Columbia (1913) , originally Katoomba , Australian liner & troop ship in WW I & II, renamed Columbia in 1949 for Greek Lines, scrapped 1959. SS Columbia (1914) ,
90-491: A private school. Unlike his brothers, Archibald felt a need to stimulate his mind, whilst still involving himself in the family business. He therefore went to London to engage in specific training as a naval architect at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich . This brought a "hands-on" relationship between shipyard owner and design. He brought a practicality to designs, often absent in competitors, setting them up well for
108-607: A steam trawler built by Mackie & Thomson Govan SS Columbia (1894) , a British mail ship sold to France and sunk in World War I SS Columbia (1896) , a Canadian screw-driven tugboat SS Columbia (1902 steamboat) , an American excursion steamship SS Columbia (1902 ocean liner) , a Scottish passenger/cargo vessel originally named HMS Columbella and subsequently named Moreas , scrapped in Venice 1929 SS Columbia (1907) ,
126-468: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Archibald Denny Sir Archibald Denny, 1st Baronet FRSE LLD (1860–1935), was a Scottish naval architect who was owner of the huge Clyde shipbuilding company of William Denny and Brothers and was granted a baronetcy in 1913, thereby giving birth to the Denny baronets of Dumbarton. Unusually as an owner, he also interested himself directly in
144-707: The post-nominal letters FRSE, Honorary Fellows HonFRSE, and Corresponding Fellows CorrFRSE. The Fellowship is split into four broad sectors, covering the full range of physical and life sciences, arts, humanities, social sciences, education, professions, industry, business and public life. Examples of current fellows include Peter Higgs and Jocelyn Bell Burnell . Previous fellows have included Melvin Calvin , Benjamin Franklin , James Clerk Maxwell , James Watt , Thomas Reid , and Andrew Lawrence . A comprehensive biographical list of Fellows from 1783–2002 has been published by
162-661: The Royal Society of Edinburgh ( FRSE ) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Scotland's national academy of science and letters , judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". This society received a royal charter in 1783, allowing for its expansion. Around 50 new fellows are elected each year in March. As of 2016 there are around 1,650 Fellows, including 71 Honorary Fellows and 76 Corresponding Fellows. Fellows are entitled to use
180-404: The company also began building military fighter aircraft. In 1894 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . His proposers were John Henderson, Sir John Murray , Alexander Buchan , and Alexander Crum Brown . He was awarded honorary doctorates (LLD) from both Glasgow University (in 1911) and Cambridge University (in 1927). He was created First Baron of Dumbarton in 1913. He
198-607: The company’s shipping interests in that city. He died in London on 29 May 1935. He was married to Margaret Tulloch, daughter of John Tulloch, in 1885. They lived at Braehead House in Dumbarton. They had five sons and one daughter. Their eldest son, Maurice Edward Denny (1886–1965) took partnership in William Denny and Brothers in 1911. On the death of his father Archibald he became the 2nd Baronet. See FRSE Fellowship of
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#1732858486969216-525: The design of ships. He was president of the Institute of Marine Engineers . The company, usually simply referred to as Dennys , had the highest output and tonnage of any of the Clyde shipbuilders, ranking them as one of the world’s largest companies at that time. Glasgow University award an Archibald Denny Prize annually to the best Naval Architecture student. This was granted in 1912 during Denny's lifetime, and
234-548: The first vessel to have electricity SS Columbia (1889) , a German Hamburg America Line passenger ship purchased by Spain for use in the Spanish–American War as the auxiliary cruiser Spanish cruiser Rapido (1889) , then returned to commercial service and later purchased by Russia for use in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905 as the auxiliary cruiser Terek SS Columbia (1891) ,
252-450: The more commercial elements of ship design. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography summarised this as "technical excellence". In 1883 the ownership of the family shipbuilders passed to Archibald (aged only 23). In the same year Archibald took over the shipyard in Leven, Fife , and introduced the world’s first hydromechanical experimentation laboratory: including a large tank for testing
270-549: The prize includes money intended for foreign travel. Denny was born on 7 February 1860, the fourth son of Peter Denny FRSE of Denny Brothers, shipbuilders in Dumbarton , and his wife Helen Leslie. The family was enormously rich being involved in the then (19th century) very safe industry of shipbuilding. His early education was at Dumbarton Burgh School. In 1874 he was sent to Lausanne in Switzerland to complete his education at
288-466: The properties of model ships. In 1885 he brought in John Ward to assist in the management, and in 1895 a cousin, Col Leslie Denny. Under Archibald’s control the company began to specialise in ferries and refrigerated ships ( Reefer ships ). In 1905 the company further broadening seeking and gaining lucrative Admiralty contracts for torpedo-boats , submarines , destroyers and hospital ships. One branch of
306-664: The shipbuilding world. The committee did not reach any final conclusions until 1915. He thereafter represented Britain at the International Conference on the Safety of Life at Sea. In 1918 the company became a limited company, William Denny and Brothers Ltd. After a slight dip in orders from 1920 to 1923, things revived with further work from the Admiralty and from Canadian Pacific . Commercial production drifted from ferries to cargo-liners. In 1921 he moved to London to look after
324-726: Was a keen military volunteer and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel in first the Dunbartonshire Volunteers then the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. From 1903 to 1905 Denny was president of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland . In 1912 he was appointed onto the investigatory committee set up by the Board of Trade on the Titanic disaster which had sent shock waves through
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