Atxuri-Mendi

DOCKYARD LAUNCH

STEAMER TO TRADE TO SPANISH PORTS

Northern Daily Mail, 11/6/29.

Messrs. Wm Gray and Co., Ltd., yesterday launched from their dockyard, West Hartlepool, the steel screw steamer Atxuri-Mendi, which they are building to the order of La Compania Naviera Sota Y Azner, of Bilbao, for their general cargo line from Glasgow and Liverpool to Spanish ports.

The dimensions of the steamer are as follows: length over all, 289ft.; breadth extreme, 39ft.; and depth moulded to upper deck, 18ft. 2 ½ in. with open shelter deck, and she will take the highest class in Lloyd’s Register.

The Andutz-Mendi is constructed on the cellular double bottom principal, with after peak for water ballast, the framing being of the deep bulb angle type, and has four watertight bulkheads.

Accommodation for the officers is arranged in a steel house amidships, the engineers are berthed in steel houses alongside the engine casing, and the crew in cubicles in the poop, with separate mess rooms.

For the quick handling of cargo eight powerful steam winches are to be provided to work eight derricks. A steel derrick for dealing with 25 ton lifts is fitted at the foremast. A direct steam windlass forward and combined steam steering gear aft are also to be fitted. The topmasts will be telescopic, lowering to a height suitable for the Manchester Ship Canal Bridges.

The Atxuri-Mendi will be completed in all respects as a first-class cargo steamer, her equipment including wireless installation and electric light throughout.

                                               TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINES

Triple-expansion engines having cylinders 20 ½, 33 ½, and 55 inches diameter, by 39 inches stroke, with two boilers working at a pressure of 180lbs. will be supplied by the Central Marine Engineering Works of the builders, and a number of auxiliaries of the “CMEW” type will be installed, including auxiliary condenser, combined drain and scumming tank, live steam surface feed water heater, pair of independent feed pumps, evaporator, general service, and ballast pumps.

The ship and machinery are being built under the supervision of Mr. A. de Bareno, of Bilbao, and the
ceremony of naming the steamer Atxuri-Mendi was gracefully performed by Madame de la Sota.

The owners were represented by Mr. Alejandro de la Sota, of London, and the builders by Sir William
Gray, Bart, (chairman), Mr M. S. Gibb, Mr J. H. Farmer, and Mr. A. McGlashan, (directors), Mr. T. S. Simpson (general manager), and Mr. J. Young (Yard Manager). There were also present Lady Gray, Mrs. Farmer, Mr. R. H. Charlton (Spanish Vice-Consul for the Hartlepools), and Dr. A. Pickworth, representing Lloyd’s Register of Shipping.



FOR SPANISH OWNERS

Sea Trials of s.s. Atxuri

Northern Daily Mail, 20/7/29.

The steamer Atxuri-Mendi, built by Messrs. William Gray and Co., Ltd., to the order of La Compania
Naviera Sota Y Azner, of Bilbao, successfully ran her official sea trials on Friday..

The dimensions of the steamer are as follows: length over all, 289ft.; breadth extreme, 39ft.; and depth moulded to upper deck, 18ft. 2 ½ in. with open shelter deck. She is built to the highest class in Lloyd’s Register.

The Atxuri-Mendi is constructed on the cellular double bottom principal, with after peak for water ballast, the framing being of the deep bulb angle type, and has four watertight bulkheads.

                                               EQUIPMENT

Accommodation for the officers is arranged in a steel house amidships, the engineers are berthed in steel houses alongside the engine casing, and the crew in cubicles in the poop, with separate mess rooms.

For the quick handling of cargo eight powerful steam winches are to be provided to work eight derricks. A steel derrick for dealing with 25 ton lifts is fitted at the foremast. A direct steam windlass forward and combined steam steering gear aft are also fitted. The topmasts are telescopic, lowering to a height suitable for the Manchester Ship Canal Bridges.

The Atxuri-Mendi is complete in all respects as a first-class cargo steamer, her equipment including
wireless installation and electric light throughout.

                                                 THE ENGINES

The propelling machinery, supplied by the Central Marine Engineering Works of the builders, consists of triple-expansion engines having cylinders 20 ½, 33 ½, 55 inches diameter, by 39 inches stroke, with two boilers working at a pressure of 180lbs. per square inch.

A number of “CMEW” auxiliaries are also fitted, including auxiliary condenser, combined drain and
scumming tank, live steam surface feed water heater, pair of independent feed pumps, evaporator, general service, and ballast pumps.

The owners were represented by Mr. A. Norton, of the London office, and Mr. A. de Bareno, of Bilbao,
under whose superintendence the ship and machinery have been constructed.



Steamship Atxuri-Mendi.