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Name: EHRENFELS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/07/1903
Completed: 11/09/1903
Builder: Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 405
Dimensions: 4450grt, 2780nrt, 6650dwt, 375.5 x 50.5 x 27.3ft
Engines: Q4cyl (23, 32, 48 & 72 x 54ins), 476nhp
Engines by: Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (1919: 143154)
History:
11/09/1903 Deutsche Dampfs Ges "Hansa", Bremen
1919 The Shipping Controller (J & A Roxburgh, managers)
1920 Government of Belgium
1921 Armement Deppe, Antwerp; renamed OSTENDE
21/01/1943 Sank
Comments: 1919: Allocated to the UK as war reparations
1920: Re-allocated to the Belgium Government
17/01/1943: Damaged by a mine in Loch Lathaich, Isle of Mull
On a voyage from New York to Liverpool with a cargo of steel,
ammunition and general cargo
Deliberately beached to prevent sinking & to allow a fire to be addressed
21/01/1943: Fire restarted & subsequent explosion made her a total loss


Above photo as EHRENFELS copyright of Knackstedt & Nather, Hamburg

Shields Daily News, Saturday, 25/07/1903