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Name: CHRISTIAN BØRS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 18/05/1905
Completed: 06/1905
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 730
Dimensions: 4306grt, 2788nrt, 375.5 x 51.0 x 25.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 67 x 45ins), 373nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
06/1905 Vilhelm Torkildsen, Bergen
1914 A/S D/S Christian Børs (Vilhelm Torkildsen), Bergen
1937 Skibs A/S Vilhelm Torkildsen's Rederi (Vilhelm Torkildsen), Bergen
1939 Skibs A/S Saphir (Edvin Endresen), Stavanger; renamed SAPHIR
10/04/1940 Sank
Comments: 10/04/1940: Sank in Narvik harbour during the German invasion
1958: Refloated and towed to Grimstad
Broken up by Norsk Skipsopphugning Co at Grimstad


Above photo as CHRISTIAN BØRS is copyright of Bjørn Milde, courtesy of Bjørn Fretheim