Name: | TELEFON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 30/12/1899 |
Completed: | 02/1900 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 87 |
Dimensions: | 1538grt, 968nrt, 255.0 x 36.0 x 15.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (18.5, 30 & 49 x 33ins), 138nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1911: 130121) |
History: | |
02/1900 | A/S D/S Telefon (PA Grøn), Sandefjord |
1911 | Lovart Steamship Co Ltd (Love & Stewart Ltd), Bo’ness; renamed KINNEIL |
31/10/1913 | Sank |
Comments: | 26/12/1908: Stranded at Admiralty Bay, South Shetland when inbound |
from Rotterdam with a cargo of coal and empty drums | |
Subsequently salvaged and repaired | |
30/10/1913: Sank after a collision with DENEBOLA off Skagen | |
On a voyage from Wiborg to Bo’ness with pitwood |
Above image as TELEFON copyright of Dambatens Vestfold
Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 02/01/1900