Braunfels 1906

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

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Name:	BRAUNFELS
Type:	Cargo Ship
Launched:	22/06/1906
Completed:	08/1906
Builder:	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard:	Low Walker
Yard Number:	760
Dimensions:	5554grt, 3558nrt, 421.9 x 55.3 x 20.3ft
Engines:	Q4cyl (24, 34, 51 & 74 x 54ins), 500nhp
Engines by:	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion:	1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	n/a; (1914: 139050)

History:
08/1906	Deutsche Dampfs Ges "Hansa", Bremen
1914	British Government
1920	Secretary of State for India
1925	Atlantska Plovidba Ivo Racic ad, Dubrovnik; renamed VIDOVDAN
1928	Jugoslavenski Lloyd dd, Dubrovnik
15/12/1939	Wrecked

Comments:	1914: Seized by the British Government
	15/12/1939: Wrecked at Great Natuna Island
	On a voyage from Moji to Surabaya in ballast