Name: | OCEANIC |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 10/09/1892 |
Completed: | 12/10/1892 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 178 |
Dimensions: | 2897grt, 1854nrt, 312.0 x 41.0 x 20.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20, 38 & 61 x 39ins), 248nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 7.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 99615 |
History: | |
10/1892 | Britannic Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Sunderland |
1899 | D/S Østersøen (Heckscher & Son), Copenhagen; renamed PATRIA |
1910 | D/S Atlantic (CK Hansen), Copenhagen; renamed LEJRE |
1912 | D/S Dannebrog (CK Hansen), Copenhagen |
1916 | AP Møller, Copenhagen |
1916 | D/S Gylfe A/S (Th Just), Copenhagen; renamed AGGERSUND |
1926 | D/S Halla A/S (TC Christensen), Copenhagen |
1927 | D/S Hafnia A/S (TC Christensen), Copenhagen |
28/02/1932 | Sank |
Comments: | 24/02/1932: Rudder chain parted during a gale in the North Atlantic |
28/02/1932: Crew abandoned at 52.57N - 41.29W & ship is presumed to have sunk | |
On a voyage from Grangemouth to US ports with a cargo of coal |
Above photo as LEJRE courtesy of Henk de Winde
Above photo as AGGERSUND copyright of Museet for Søfart
Above photo as AGGERSUND copyright of Museet for Søfart
Above photo as AGGERSUND copyright of Museet for Søfart
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 12/09/1892