Name: | BENTALA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 16/05/1889 |
Completed: | 1889 |
Builder: | Schlesinger, Davis & Co |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 151 |
Dimensions: | 2688grt, 1640nrt, 303.0 x 40.2 x 20.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22, 34 & 56 x 42ins), 212nhp |
Engines by: | Black, Hawthorn & Co, Gateshead |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 96343 |
History: | |
1889 | Steam Ship Bentala Co Ltd (J Hoult), Liverpool |
1899 | Smith Steamship Co Ltd (Glen & Co), Glasgow |
1900 | Ang A/B Tirfing (A Broström & Son), Gothenburg; renamed ENGLAND |
1915 | A/S D/S Rødskjaer (Jacobsen & Co), Langesund; renamed RØDSKJAER |
1918 | The Shipping Controller (H Doughty & Co), London |
1919 | A/S D/S Rødskjaer (Jacobsen & Co), Langesund |
1928 | A/B Karlshamns Skeppsvarf (Joel Nilsson), Karlshamn; renamed RÖDSKÄR |
1929 | Joel Nilsson & Partners (John Carlbom), Karlshamn |
1930 | Rederi A/B Naparima (C Lundqvist), Stockholm |
1932 | Rederi A/B Rodskar (Gustaf B Thorden), Helsingfors |
1936 | ER Management Co Ltd, Cardiff |
Q2/1936 | Broken up |
Comments: | Q2/1936: Broken up at Gateshead by JJ King & Co |
1936: Purchased for use under the Scrap & Build scheme |
Marine Engineer, June 1889
Above photo as ENGLAND copyright of Edvard Larssons
Above photo as ENGLAND copyright of Robert Bomans
Above photo as RODSKAR copyright of Robert Bomans