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Hearts of Oak

 

 

12th December 1917

 

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Merchant Ships lost in the North Sea

 

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D/S PETER WILLEMOES - Danish

Built 1888 by Richardson, Duck & Co., Stockton; Yard Nr 354

For Farrar, Grover & Co. London as LUNDBY.

1902 Renamed PETER WILLEMOES; Owners D/S Fiona, Denmark.

 

D/S NIKE - Swedish

1,834 tons.

 

 

SS CORDOVA - British

Owners : J. Tully & Sons, Sunderland

2,284 grt; defensively-armed  Merchant ship

 

D/S BOLLSTA Call Sign MGFC - Norwegian

Built 1910 by Nylands Verksted, Kristiania : Yard Nr 208

1,701 grt; 999 nrt; 2,800 dwt; 264.8 x 40.2 x 18.6 

3Exp. (Nyland) engines, 187 nhp; 1,028 ihp

September 1910 Launched for A/S Ganger Rolf (Fred. Olsen), Kristiania

1916  Owner : Fred. Olsen & Co., Kristiania

 

D/S KONG MAGNUS  Call Sign JSHR  - Norwegian

Built 1884 by Reiherstieg Schiffswerft & Maschinenfabrik, Hamburg : Yard Nr 355.

1,101 grt, 671 nrt; 222.6 x 31 x 20

2cyl.Comp. (Reiherstieg), 112 nhp; 560 ihp

1884   built as ANNA WOERMANN for Carl Woermann, Hamburg, Tyskl.

1885  Owners Afrikanische Dampschiffahrts-Ges. (Woermann-Linie), Hamburg.

1895  Owners Woermann-Linie GmbH, Hamburg.

1898  Renamed KONG MAGNUS Owners NFDS, Trondhjem, Norway.

1911  Re-engined 3Exp. (Alley & MacLellan, Glasgow, 1890), 76 nhp; 500 ihp.

 

D/S MARACAIBO - Danish

Built 1915 by Fredrikshavn Vaerft & Flykedok, Denmark : Yard Nr 154

Completed 1st February 1916.

Owners :  Ø.K. København, Denmark..

 

D/S BOTHNIA - Swedish

General Cargo vessel

Owners : Rederi AB Svenska Lloyd, Gothenburg, Sweden.

 

D/S TORLEIF   ON 5224 - Swedish

Built 1888 by Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Germany : Yard Nr 96.

832 grt; 642 nrt; 1,108 dwt.

642 ihp

1888  Built as GEMMA, Holm & Molzen, Flensburg, Germany.

1906  Renamed SCHACK STEENBERG, Denmark.

1911  Renamed TORLEIF, AB Torleif (A.H.S. Persson), Landskrona, Sweden.

 

 

 

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