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Name: NEWCASTLE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/07/1885
Completed: 1885
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 93
Dimensions: 1380grt,833nrt, 245.0 x 34.1 x 15.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (18.5, 30 & 50 x 36ins), 147nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 91495
History:
1885 JJ & CM Forster, Newcastle
1891 Newcastle Steam Ship Co Ltd (JJ & CM Forster), Newcastle
1898 London & Edinburgh Shipping Co Ltd, Leith; renamed NIVINGSTON
1909 D/S A/S H Kirschner, Copenhagen
1909 D/S Neptun (CK Hansen), Copenhagen; renamed VISBORG
1912 A/S D/S Visborg (Brummenaes & Torgersen), Haugesund
27/11/1916 Sank
Comments: 27/11/1916: Sank after being captured and scuttled by U-Boat UB19
In a position 14 miles SE of Start Point on a voyage from Barry to Cherbourg with coal


Above photo as VISBORG copyright of LM Bjørkelund & EH Kongshavn