| Name: | SOLVEIG |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 29/09/1894 |
| Completed: | 11/1894 |
| Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 194 |
| Dimensions: | 3380grt, 2193nrt, 330.0 x 44.0 x 18.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 239nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 11/1894 | Christian Michelsen & Co, Bergen |
| 1897 | J Hogan, New York; renamed MERRIMAC |
| 1898 | United States Navy |
| 03/06/1898 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1898: Employed as a collier by the US Navy supplying US warships operating off Cuba |
| during the Spanish-America War | |
| 03/06/1898: Scuttled as a blockship at the entrance to Santiago, Cuba, to try and bottle up the Spanish fleet in the harbour. The attempt failed |
Above photo as MERRIMAC is courtesy of US Navy archives
Above photo as MERRIMAC is courtesy of US Navy archives
Above photo as MERRIMAC is courtesy of US Navy archives
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Friday, 16/11/1894