| Name: | BOSNIA |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 18/08/1898 |
| Completed: | 01/1899 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 733 |
| Dimensions: | 7436grt, 4820nrt, 485.0 x 57.4 x 32.7ft; (1907: 9683grt, 6179nrt) |
| Engines: | T3cyl (30, 50 & 83 x 60ins), 710nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a; (1920: 144619) |
| History: | |
| 01/1899 | Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg |
| 09/1914 | Imperial German Navy |
| 29/08/1920 | The Shipping Controller (Macvicar, Marshall & Co Ltd), London |
| 1922 | Hadjee MH Nemazee, Hong Kong; renamed FRANGESTAN |
| 1924 | Oriental Navigation Co Ltd (H Nemazee), Hong Kong |
| 02/04/1924 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1907: Rebuilt by Blohm & Voss at Hamburg & accommodation extended |
| 09/1914: Requisitioned by the German Navy as a repair ship to 12/1918 | |
| 02/04/1924: Burned and sank in the Red Sea, 190 miles S of Jeddah | |
| On a voyage from Karachi & Bombay to Jeddah carrying pilgrims | |
| and with a cargo of cotton for Genoa and Barcelona | |
| All passengers and crew were rescued |
Above photo as BOSNIA is courtesy of the Karl-Josef Hagenkötter Collection. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Jarrow Express, Friday, 19/08/1898
Jarrow Express, Friday, 19/08/1898
Shields Daily News, Friday, 04/04/1924