SMS Teodo
{{Short description|Collier}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Ship country=Austria-Hungary |Ship flag={{Shipboxflag|Austria-Hungary|naval}} |Ship name= SMS Teodo |Ship namesake=Teodo (Tivat) |Ship builder= Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino (STT), Trieste |Ship laid down= 14 March 1914 |Ship launched= 8 January 1915 |Ship completed= 17 February 1916 |Ship yard number= 501 |Ship fate=Ceded to Italy as war reparation, 1921 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country= |Ship flag= |Ship name=*1921: Teodo
|Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship owner=*1921: Italian Government, Ministry of Transport
|Ship operator=*Owner operated except:-
|Ship registry=*1921: {{flagicon|Kingdom of Italy|civil}} Genoa
|Ship fate=Sunk by {{Ship|German submarine|U-100|1940|2}}, 23 September 1940 |Ship identification=*Italian official number 1496 (1926-40)
|Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Ship tonnage= {{GRT|6561}} |Ship length= {{convert|449|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam= {{convert|55|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship depth={{convert|34|ft|1|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion= 1 × triple-expansion steam engine (STT) {{convert|369|hp|kW|abbr=on}} |Ship complement= 112 (as SMS Teodo) |Ship crew=37 (as Empire Airman) |Ship speed= {{convert|14|kn}} |Ship notes= }} |
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SMS Teodo was a 6,561 ton collier built in 1915 for the Austro-Hungarian Navy. She was ceded to Italy in 1921 as a war reparation. She was renamed Barbana in 1924 and Barbana G in 1926. In 1940, she was seized by the United Kingdom and renamed Empire Airman. On 21 September 1940, Empire Airman was torpedoed and sunk by {{Ship|German submarine|U-100|1940|2|up=yes}}.
History
SMS Teodo was built by Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste as yard number 501 and launched on 8 January 1913, being completed on 17 February 1916.{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=1165788|accessdate=2008-12-19}} SMS Teodo was a Pola Class collier of the Austro-Hungarian Navy.{{cite web |url=http://www.hicon.pl/~pothkan/hhwn/AH-Aux.html |title=Colliers |publisher=hicon.pl |access-date=2008-12-19 |archive-date=25 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125122547/http://hicon.pl/~pothkan/hhwn/AH-Aux.html |url-status=dead }} At the end of the First World War, under Article 137 of the Treaty of Saint-Germain, SMS Teodo was classed as a merchant ship{{cite web|url=http://www.emersonkent.com/historic_documents/saint_germain_1919.pdf |title=Treaty of Peace between the Allied and Associated Powers and Austria; Protocol, Declaration and Special Declaration |publisher=emersonkent.com |access-date=2008-12-19}} and passed to the Italian Government Ministry of Transport. In 1924, she was passed to the Italian Ministry of Marine, and renamed Barbana. In 1926, she was sold to the Società Anonima di Navigazione Garibaldi, Genoa and renamed Barbana G. On 6 November 1929, she collided with the Italian cargo ship {{SS|Atlantide|1898|2}} in the Nieuwe Waterweg at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. Atlantide was consequently beached.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 November 1929 |page=25 |issue=45354 |column=A }} Barbana G was captured off Leith and taken to Methil{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/549.html |title=Empire Airman |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2008-12-19}} on 10 June 1940 and passed to the Ministry of War Transport, being renamed Empire Airman{{cite web|url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/EmpireA.html |title=Empire - A |publisher=Mariners |access-date=2008-12-19}} under the management of Mark Whitwill & Sons Ltd, Bristol.{{cite web|url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/40/40a1056.pdf |title=NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET A MOTEURS |publisher=Plimsollshipdata |access-date=2008-12-19}}
=Convoys=
;HX 72
Convoy HX 72 sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on 9 September 1940.{{cite web |url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/annemariepurnell/can2a.html |title=The Attack on Convoy HX 72 |publisher=Annemarie Purnell |access-date=2008-12-19 |archive-date=21 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921020644/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/annemariepurnell/can2a.html |url-status=dead }} Empire Airman was carrying a cargo of iron ore,{{cite web |url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/annemariepurnell/can2b.html |title=The Attack on Convoy HX 72 |publisher=Annemarie Purnell |access-date=2008-12-19 |archive-date=22 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122062524/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/annemariepurnell/can2b.html |url-status=dead }} she was bound for Cardiff.{{cite web |url=http://www.ubootwaffe.net/ops/ships.cgi?boat=100;nr=13 |title=EMPIRE AIRMAN |publisher=Ubootwaffe.net |access-date=2008-12-19 |archive-date=25 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070325064050/http://ubootwaffe.net/ops/ships.cgi?boat=100;nr=13 |url-status=dead }} At 00:22 on 22 September, Empire Airman was hit by a torpedo fired by U-100. The ship was taken in tow, but sank on 23 September at {{coord|55|11|N|15|07|W}}. Thirty three of the thirty seven crew were killed in the attack. Four survivors were rescued by HMS La Malouine. Those lost on Empire Airman are commemorated at the Tower Hill Memorial, London.{{cite web |url=http://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/Ship%20Index%20A-F.html |title=Ship Index A-F |publisher=Brian Watson |access-date=20 May 2011 |archive-date=6 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006025450/http://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/Ship%20Index%20A-F.html |url-status=dead }}
Official number and code letters
Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers.
Barbana G had the Official Number 1496 on the Italian register.{{cite web|url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/30/30b0124.pdf |title=NAVIRES A VAPEUR ET A MOTEURS |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |access-date=2008-12-19}} Empire Airman had the Official Number 165788 on Lloyds Register.
Barbana G used the Code Letters NFVZ. Empire Airman used the Code Letters GLZT
External links
- [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/annemariepurnell/canmem3.html List of dead from Empire Airman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007042636/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/annemariepurnell/canmem3.html |date=7 October 2008 }}
References
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Category:Ships built in Trieste
Category:World War I naval ships of Austria-Hungary
Category:Steamships of Austria-Hungary
Category:Merchant ships of Italy
Category:Maritime incidents in 1929
Category:World War II merchant ships of Italy
Category:Maritime incidents in June 1940
Category:Ministry of War Transport ships
Category:Steamships of the United Kingdom
Category:Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II