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Name: TERJE VIKEN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 18/10/1902
Completed: 11/1902
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 141
Dimensions: 3579grt, 2304nrt, 335.0 x 48.0 x 25.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 39 & 66 x 45ins), 292nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
11/1902 A/S D/S Terje Vikens Rederi (Wilh Wilhelmsen), Tønsberg
1913 Wilhelmsens D/S (Wilh Wilhelmsen), Tønsberg
16/04/1916 Sank
Comments: 16/04/1916: Sank after being mined 4 miles off Cabo Guia, Lisbon
Mine laid by U-Boat U73 on the same day
On a voyage from Galveston to Lisbon with a cargo of grain


Above photo is copyright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum

Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 20/10/1902