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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