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Name: VESTA
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/04/1879
Completed: 05/1879
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 387
Dimensions: 1030grt, 688nrt, 224.0 x 29.7 x 15.2ft
Engines: C2cyl (32 & 62 x 36ins), 192nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
05/1879 FG Schmidt, Hamburg
1881 Adolph Kirsten, Hamburg
1882 Gottfried Beyer, Malmo
1885 Syd-Svenska Angfartygs A/B, Malmo
1894 Skanska Angfartygs A/B (F Petersen), Malmo
1899 Det Forenede D/S, Copenhagen
16/07/1917 Sank
Comments: Built for the Hamburg to London service
Accommodation for 40 x 1st Class and 30 x 2nd Class passengers
16/07/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U88, 110 miles S of Sumbo, Faroes
On a voyage from Seydisfjord to Fleetwood with a cargo of herring and wool


Above photo as VESTA is copyright of the Museet for Søfart

Above photo as VESTA is copyright of the Museet for Søfart

Above photo as VESTA is copyright of the Museet for Søfart

Jarrow Express, Friday, 25/04/1879

Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 28/05/1879

Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 12/09/1879