Name: | NORGE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 30/06/1884 |
Completed: | 1885 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 57 |
Dimensions: | 1066grt, 648nrt, 215.9 x 30.0 x 21.6ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (30 & 58 x 36ins), 168nhp |
Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron & Steel |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
1885 | Förnyade Angfartygs A/B Svenska Lloyd, Gothenburg |
1915 | D/S Baltic (EH Rustad), Christiania; renamed BJØR |
1915 | A/S Christoffersens D/S (C Christoffersen A/S), Brevik |
1916 | Skibs A/S Bjør (Bjelland & Hansen), Christiania |
11/12/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 11/12/1916: Sank after being captured and shelled by U-Boat U66 |
when 4 miles SW of Ryvingen, Norway | |
On a voyage from Gothenburg to Hull with general cargo |
Above photo as NORGE copyright of I Carlstrom