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St. Andrews
1891-1905 General cargo

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Buildingyard: William Gray & Co. Ltd., W Hartlepool

Built year: 1891

Yard no: 423

 

Tonnage: GRT: 3065/ NET: 1980/ TDW: 4580

Dims : LOA: 325,2/ BR: 41,5/ DR: 22,8ft

Machinery: 3-cyl tripleexp by Central Marine Engine Works, W. Hartlepool

IHP: 1400

Speed: 10,0

Photo: WW Fleetlist 150years

07.09.1891: Launched by William Gray & Co. Ltd., W. Hartlepool for A.N. Hansen & Co., Copenhagen/ Denmark

00.10.1891: Completed. Registreted in the ownership of a company in which WW were a shareholder. WW were also managers. 

28.10.1905: Sold to W. Kunstmann, Germany. Renamed NIPPONIA

09.10.1908: Sank near Haaks Lightship, off Texel/ Netherlans. The vessel had been in collision with the German S/S PRETORIA, 13234/97. 

                     passage from Luleå/ Sweden to Rotterdam with a cargo of ore

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