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