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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