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Name: TONSBERG
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/09/1889
Completed: 10/1889
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 16
Dimensions: 1395grt, 1096nrt, 262.1 x 35.0 x 15.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (18.5, 30 & 49 x 33ins), 115nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
10/1889 Wilhelm Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg
27/11/1894 Sank
Comments: 27/11/1894: Sank after colliding with an unknown vessel 9 miles west of
Gibraltar on a voyage from Le Havre to Saigon with coal and general cargo