HMS Manica
merchant vessel
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- HMS Manica
- IMO number
- 1112782
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- merchant vessel
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
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- Length overall
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- Beam
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- Year built
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- Builder
- Sir James Laing and Sons
- Registered owner
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- Operator
- Royal Navy
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About HMS Manica
HMS Manica was a merchant steamship that was built in England in 1901 and was scrapped in Japan in 1931. She was built as a dry cargo ship but spent the latter part of her career as an oil tanker. She is most notable for her service in the First World War. In 1915 she was converted into the Royal Navy's first kite balloon ship. Later in the war the Navy had her converted into an oiler. The Admiralty sold her back into civilian service in 1920. She was renamed Huntball in 1917 and Phorus in 1920. Her original owner was Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd, which in 1914 became part of Ellerman Lines and was renamed Ellerman & Bucknall. After the First World War she was owned by Anglo-Saxon Petroleum, which is part of Royal Dutch Shell.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is HMS Manica now?
- HMS Manica has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is HMS Manica?
- HMS Manica is a merchant vessel.
- Who owns HMS Manica?
- HMS Manica is operated by Royal Navy. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has HMS Manica been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for HMS Manica appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).