Name: | DRACHENFELS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 16/11/1899 |
Completed: | 03/01/1900 |
Builder: | Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 356 |
Dimensions: | 7217grt, 4704nrt, 10331dwt, 456.0 x 58.1 x 22.5ft |
Engines: | Q4cyl (26.5, 36.5, 56 & 82 x 54ins), 588nhp |
Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots (trials) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1920: 144555) |
History: | |
03/01/1900 | Deutsche Dampfs Ges "Hansa", Bremen |
1919 | The Shipping Controller (British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, managers) |
1920 | Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co Ltd; renamed KASENGA |
1929 | Industrie Navali Soc Anon (INSA), Italy; renamed ADELIA |
24/10/1933 | Broken up |
Comments: | Contract Price £85471; Profit £5484-6s-11d |
1919: Ceded to Britain as war reparations | |
24/10/1933: Broken up at Savona |
Above photo as DRACHENFELS copyright of Alex Duncan
Above photo as DRACHENFELS copyright of Staatsarchiv Bremen
Above photo as KASENGA courtesy of Photoship