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Guernsey
1898-1922 General cargo

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Buildingyard: William Doxford & Sons Ltd., Sunderland/ UK

Built year: 1898

Yard no: 262

 

Tonnage: GRT: 4375/ NET: 2808/ TDW: 7100

Dims : LOA: 365,6/ BR: 50,3/ DR: 26,5ft

Machinery: 3-cyl triplexp steamengine by the shipbuilders

IHP: 1900

Speed: 10,0 knots

Photo: WW Fleetlist 150 years

21.06.1898: Launched by Wm. Doxford & Sons Ltd., Sunderland for A.N. Hansen & Co., Copenhagen.

03.08.1898: Completed and registreted in Tønsberg for a company in which Wilh. Wilhelmsen were a shareholder. The company were 

                     also managersfor the ship

02.12.1922: Sold to Emil R. Retzlaff, Germany. Renamed WALSUNG

00.00.1923: Registreted in ownership of Dampfer Reederei "Merkur"(1922) GmbH (Emil R.Retzlaff), Germany

21.01.1925: Wrecked at Stangholmen Light nearTranøy. On passage from Stettin to Narvik in ballast

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