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Name: BERGEN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/02/1873
Completed: 1873
Builder: Coulson, Cooke & Co
Yard: St Peter's, Newcastle
Yard Number: 3
Dimensions: 375grt, 230nrt, 159.4 x 21.2 x 12ft
Engines: C2cyl (19, 36 x 24ins), 53hp
Engines by: Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1873 WS Burger Gzn, Rotterdam
1874 D Burger & Zoon, Rotterdam
1883 CS Ellertsen, Bergen
1887 Johan Ameln m/fl (MA Schjelderup), Bergen
1888 JC Gjertsen, Bergen
1893 Vestlandske Lloyd (Erik Rusten), Bergen
1908 Det Bergenske D/S, Bergen
1910 Thv Joh Kyvig, Haugesund
1909 A/S D/S Ryvingen (Bernh Amundsen), Haugesund
13/12/1910 Wrecked
Comments: Order sub-contracted from Chas Mitchell & Co, yard number 286
1909: Intended renaming to RYVINGEN not completed before loss
13/12/1910: Wrecked on Newton Point, Northumberland, in heavy fog
On a voyage from Hamburg to Dysart in ballast