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Name: SVERRE SIGURDSSON
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/04/1882
Completed: 1882
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 438
Dimensions: 867grt, 589nrt, 186.0 x 28.0 x 14.8ft; (1904: 932grt, 550nrt, 202.3 x 28.0 x 13.3ft)
Engines: CI2cyl (30 & 53 x 30ins), 120nhp; (1904: T4cyl (12.5, 12.5, 27.8 & 48 x 30ins), 128nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co, Wallsend; (1904: Laxevaags Mask, Bergen)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1882 Det Nordenfjeldske D/S, Trondheim
1929 Broken up
Comments: 1904: Lengthened to 202.3ft and engine tripled
1929: Broken up at Stavanger by Brodrene Anda


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