Alderney
1899-1920 General cargo
Buildingyard: William Gray & Co., West Hartlepool
Built year: 1899
Yard no: 587
Tonnage: GRT: 3090/ NET: 1987/ TDW: 5100
Dims: LOA: 325,0/ BR: 48,5/ DR: 21,7ft
Machinery: 3-cyl tripleexp steam engine by Central Marine Eng. Works
IHP: 1200
Speed: 10,0 knots
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11.07.1899: Launched as DRUMBAIN for W. Christie & Co., London. Sold under outfitting to A.N. Hansen & CO., Copenhagen/ Denmark
31.08.1899: Completed as ALDERNEY and reg in Tønsberg. Ownership by a company which WW was a shareholder and the company manager
00.00.1920: Sold to D/S Atlanterhavet (O.J. eskildsen), Denmark. Renamed HVIDEHAVET
00.00.1923: Sold to Essex Line Ltd. (Maldrum & Swinson), London. Renamed ESSEX CHASE
00.00.1929: Sold to Fricis Grauds, Latvia. Renamed EVERGUNAR
18.01.1932: Wrecked near Sømnes - North of Rørvik. On passage from Amsterdam to Trondheim in ballast. The wreck was later broken up by
shipbreakers based in Stavanger