| 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