Name: | ANNABERG |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 05/07/1909 |
Completed: | 13/08/1909 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 814 |
Dimensions: | 4463grt, 2798nrt, 400.8 x 52.5 x 25.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 74 x 54ins), 523nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1915: 136792) |
History: | |
13/08/1909 | Deutsche-Australische Dampfs Ges, Hamburg |
1914 | The Admiralty, London |
1915 | Galbraith, Pembroke & Co, London (as Crown Nominees) |
1915 | Renamed HUNSBROOK |
1917 | Government of the UK (G Heyn & Sons, managers), London |
07/11/1919 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 10/08/1914: Seized by UK on arrival at Suez and requisitioned by the Admiralty |
07/11/1919: Wrecked south of Walfisch Bay, in position 23S - 14.22E | |
On a voyage from Barry to Réunion with a cargo of coal |
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