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Name: RAVNEFJELL
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 01/1921
Completed: 10/1922
Builder: Newcastle Shipbuilding Co Ltd & Forth Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn & Alloa
Yard Number: 25
Dimensions: 2475grt, 1420nrt, 295.5 x 43.7 x 22.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (20.5, 33 & 54 x 39ins), 182nhp
Engines by: GT Gray & Co Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
10/1922 A/S Rudolf (Olsen & Ugelstad), Kristiania
1937 A/S Skibsfart, Farsund; renamed FAR
08/01/1950 Wrecked
Comments: 1921: Ordered from Forth Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Alloa as Yard No 74
Due to lack of capacity at Alloa a total of 13 orders were tranferred elsewhere
04/1922: The partly completed vessel was towed to Alloa for completion
10/1922: Completed by Forth SB & E after Newcastle SB went bankrupt 04/1922
08/01/1950: Wrecked at Rasvaag, near Hildra
On a voyage from the Tyne to Copenhagen with a cargo of coke breeze


Above photo courtesy of Anders Christiansens

Above photo courtesy of Einar Onsolen