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Name: SKARPSNO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/06/1889
Completed: 08/1889
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 15
Dimensions: 1789grt, 1114nrt, 281.2 x 40.0 x 17.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (21, 35 & 58 x 39ins) 205nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number:
History:
08/1889 D/S A/S Skarpsno (Fearnley & Eger), Christiania
1906 D/S A/S Aker (Fearnley & Eger), Christiania
1914 A/S Eidsvold (AT Simonsen), Christiania
1916 Olsen & Ugelstad, Christiania
1916 A/S Ørsnæs (HG Melsom), Tønsberg; possibly renamed ØRSNÆS
02/06/1917 Sank
Comments: 02/06/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC71 north of Bayonne at 44.18N – 03.50W
On a voyage from Bordeaux to Santander in ballast


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