Name: | LYNTON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 07/1881 |
Completed: | 07/1881 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Co |
Yard: | Lawe Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 172 |
Dimensions: | 1235grt, 710nrt, 240.4 x 33.2 x 17.0ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (28 & 54 x 36ins), 132nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 83908 |
History: | |
07/1881 | Chapman & Miller, Newcastle |
1899 | Rederi A/B Valkyrian (CG Wickberg & Sons), Sundsvall; renamed VALKYRIAN |
1906 | Manager VE Nilson |
1911 | Manager EA Enhorning |
1932 | Motala Rederi A/B (EA Enhorning), Sundsvall |
1934 | Klas A Andersson, Karlskrona |
1939 | Rederi A/B Strim (Sven Salén), Stockholm; renamed JOHANNA |
1948 | Cia Naviera Minories SA, Panama (Johannes Coobas); renamed HERMES |
1958 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1958: Broken up at Hamburg, arrived there 17/12/1957. |
Above photo as LYNTON courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo as VALKYRIAN copyright of the Robert Boman Collection
Above photo as JOHANNA copyright of the Robert Boman Collection
Above photo as JOHANNA copyright of the Robert Boman Collection
Above photo as Hermes copyright of the Robert Boman Collection