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Name: LOFNA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/07/1877
Completed: 06/10/1877
Builder: J Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 100
Dimensions: 795grt, 502nrt, 200.0 x 28.1 x 15.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (25 & 48 x 30ins), 95nhp
Engines by: J Shaw & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: Screw, (9.75 knots on trials)
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 76867
History:
10/1877 JT Salvesen, Leith
1877 Gabriel Pedersen, Grangemouth
by 1890 Henry A Salvesen, Grangemouth
1896 Broken up
Comments: Contract Price £14500; Profit £1006-4s-10d
27/11/1883: Stranded off Reefness Point, Denmark, when en route from Burntisland to Korsoer, Denmark with a cargo of coal
15/02/1896: In collision with DAHILIA near Cuxhaven, when on passage from Hull to Hamburg.
Subsequently condemed and broken up