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Name: ATLAS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 01/02/1900
Completed: 03/1900
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 88
Dimensions: 1332grt, 834nrt, 237.0 x 35.1 x 18.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (18.5, 30 & 49 x 33ins), 148nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
03/1900 A/S Atlas (Chr Eyde & Hein), Arendal
1906 Managers became Chr Eyde, Arendal
07/02/1913 Wrecked
Comments: 07/02/1913: Wrecked at Stordoeen near Bergen
On a voyage from Grimsby to Trondheim with a cargo of coal
08/02/1913: Wreck slipped into deep water


Above image is courtesy of Jan Tore Knudsen

Above image is courtesy of Bjorn Fretheim

Lloyd's List, Tuesday, 06/02/1900

Yorkshire Post, Saturday, 08/02/1913