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Name: ASCANIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/09/1887
Completed: 10/1887
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 508
Dimensions: 2046grt, 1272nrt, 289.3 x 36.4 x 22.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 35 & 58 x 39ins), 210nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
10/1887 Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg
1907 Captain D Görtz, Hamburg
1914 Henry Koch, Lübeck
1915 Renamed LISA
1915 NA Nihlén, Landskrona; renamed INGEBORG
1919 Rederi A/B Corona (A Nihlén), Stockholm; renamed CORONA
1920 E Grönroos, H Karlström & K Heikold, Abo
1922 E Grönroos, Abo
1923 Victor Schuppe, Stettin
13/03/1924 Wrecked
Comments: 13/03/1924: Wrecked in ice at Almagrund
On a voyage from Hull to Stockholm with a cargo of coal


Above photo as INGEBORG courtesy of Photoship