Talisman
1923 General Cargo
Photo: Walter E. Frost
Buildingyard: Deutsche Werft A.G., Hamburg/ Germany
Built year: 1923
Yard no: 61
Tonnage : GRT: 4765/ NET: 2833/ TDW: 7618
Dims : LOA: 400,6/ BR: 54,2/ DR: 26,3ft
Machinery: Two 6-cyl by Algemeine Electicitäs Gesellschaft, Berlin
IHP: 3100
Speed: 10,00knots
Passengers: 8
27.01.2923: Launched as TALISMAN
10.04.1923: Completed. Price paid: NOK 3.513.868,80
03.11.1936: Sold to Bruun & von der Lippe's Rederi A/S (Bruun & von der Lippe), Tønsberg. Renamed VIGILANT
00.00.1937: Sold to Skibs A/S Gdynia (Olav Ringdal), Oslo
00.00.1940: Renamed RINGSTAD
24.01.1942: Torpedoed and sunk off Cape Race. Pos 45.50N, 51.04W by German submarine U-333. The vessel was part of convoy ON-55 enroute from Cardiff to St. John, N.B with china clay. 27 crewmembers and3 passengers were lost