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Name: ARENSBURG
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 02/08/1905
Completed: 09/1905
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 736
Dimensions: 4467grt, 2808nrt, 386.9 x 51.8 x 24.9ft
Engines: Q4cyl (21, 31.5, 48 & 71 x 48ins), 440nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (1919: 143132)
History:
09/1905 Deutsche Dampfs Ges "Hansa", Bremen
16/04/1919 The Shipping Controller, British Government (G Heyn & Sons, manager), London
1920 Hall Line Ltd (Ellerman Lines Ltd, manager), Liverpool; renamed BRANKSOME HALL
26/08/1933 Broken up
Comments: 1919: Ceded to Britain as War reparations
26/08/1933: Broken up at Genoa


Above photo as ARENSBURG is copyright of Hans-Jurgen Mayburg

Above photo as BRANKSOME HALL is copyright of Peter Kiehlmann

Above photo as BRANKSOME HALL is courtesy of Clive Ketley. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return