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Name: SONNENBURG
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 14/12/1895
Completed: 17/01/1896
Builder: Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 314
Dimensions: 2477grt, 1578nrt, 3691dwt, 315.0 x 42.0 x 14.7ft
Engines: Q4cyl (19.5, 28, 42 & 61 x 42ins), 267nhp
Engines by: Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.4knots (trials)
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
17/01/1896 Deutsche Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft "Hansa", Bremen
1908 Armement Deppe, Belgium; renamed TUNISIE
1927 “Vittoria” Soc Anon di Nav, Italy; renamed COSMO
1929 Renamed CLOTO
1931 D Saglimbene di G, Itay; renamed COSMO
1933 Soc Anon Marittima Fratelli Marizzano, Italy; renamed PRIMO
1934 Filippo Curia, Italy; renamed COSMO
1934 Broken up
Comments: Contract Price £29891; Profit £1025-0s-1d
1Q/1934: Broken up in Italy


Above image as SONNENBURG copyright of Hans-Jurgen Mayburg

Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 16/12/1895