Kim 1913

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

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Name:	KIM
Type:	Cargo Ship
Launched:	21/01/1913
Completed:	03/1913
Builder:	Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard:	Low Walker
Yard Number:	849
Dimensions:	5857grt, 3349nrt, 445.5 x 57.7 x 24.5ft; (1929: 7562grt)
Engines:	T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 48ins), 390nhp
Engines by:	North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion:	1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	n/a
History:
03/1913	D/S A/S Kim (P Johennessen), Tønsberg
1917	D/S A/S Balto (B Stolt-Nielsen), Haugesund; renamed BALTO
1925	D/S A/S OA Knudsen (Ole Andreas Knudsen), Haugesund
1925	Renamed SUDERØY
1929	Hvalfangst A/S Suderøy (OA Knudsen), Haugesund
1959	Hvalfangerselsk Kosmos & others, Sandefjord
1961	Anders Jahre Rederi A/S & others, Sandefjord; renamed JALINGA
05/1964	Broken up

Comments:	1929: Converted to whale factory ship
	29/05/1964: Arrived at Bremerhaven for breaking up by Eisen u Metall AG