Name: | ALSTER |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/03/1906 |
Completed: | 05/1906 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 143 |
Dimensions: | 3618grt, 2329nrt, 354.6 x 48.1 x 26.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 40 & 67 x 45ins), 361nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1919: 143070) |
History: | |
05/1906 | Syndicats Rhederei GmbH, Hamburg |
1919 | The Shipping Controller (Turnbull, Scott & Co Ltd), London |
1921 | Redgate Steamship Co Ltd (Turnbull, Scott & Co Ltd), London; renamed SANDGATE |
1936 | Stephens, Sutton Ltd, Newcastle |
04/1936 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1936: Sold to Stephens, Sutton Ltd, Newcastle for resale under ‘Scrap and Build’ scheme |
25/03/1936: Arrived at Rosyth for breaking up | |
04/1936: Broken up at Rosyth by Metal Industries Ltd. Cost £5550 |