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Name: PROFESSOR BUYS
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 31/10/1891
Completed: 12/1891
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 49
Dimensions: 751grt, 377nrt, 205.7 x 29.2 x 14.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 33ins), 149nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (1918: 142353)
History:
12/1891 NV Zeeuwsche SM, Vlissingen
1894 Hollandsche Scheepv Mij, Amsterdam
1917 NV Stoom 'Friesland', Amsterdam
27/03/1918 The UK Shipping Controller, (EP Atkinson & Sons, manager)
1919 NV Stoom 'Friesland', Amsterdam
1924 NV Wm H Muller & Co, Rotterdam
1933 Broken up
Comments: 1933: Broken up at Ghent by Van Heyghen Freres


Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox

Jarrow Express, Friday, 06/11/1891