HMS Manica
Cargo ship
In short
HMS Manica (Cargo ship) has no AIS position on record with Voydar.
- Vessel type
- Cargo ship
- Flag
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- Year built
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- Gross tonnage
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- Size (length × beam)
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- Registered owner
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Last reported position
No AIS position on record for this vessel. Identity and particulars are below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- HMS Manica
- IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?
- 1112782
- MMSIWhat is an MMSI?
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- Call signWhat is a call sign?
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- Cargo ship
- Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight
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- Length overall
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- Beam
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- Year built
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A tag next to a value names the register that supplied it (hover or tap it for the record and date). Values without a tag come from the ship's own AIS broadcasts or from Wikidata. Position and identity are derived live from AIS.
Ownership & management
Each line shows where the fact comes from. Links backed by an identifier point to the company page.
- Operator
- Royal Navy(not linked to a company record)Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.6 · retrieved Jun 10, 2026
- Builder
- Sir James Laing and SonsName on the vessel record; the original source was not recorded.
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?
- Voydar has no displayable AIS position for HMS Manica in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
- What kind of ship is HMS Manica?
- HMS Manica is a cargo ship.
- What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for HMS Manica?
- Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for HMS Manica from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for HMS Manica. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.
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