| Name: | BUCENTAUR |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 28/01/1875 |
| Completed: | 04/1875 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 313 |
| Dimensions: | 1836grt, 1126nrt, 282.3 x 33.3 x 24.2ft; (1905: 1847grt, 1150nrt) |
| Engines: | C2cyl (30.5 & 61 x 36ins), 182nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 70232 |
| History: | |
| 24/04/1875 | Hall Brothers, London |
| 1905 | A/S Hvalheim (JH Giaever), Tromsø |
| 1908 | Tønsberg Hvalfangeri (Oscar Hytten), Tønsberg |
| 1914 | Whaling A/S Co (Georg Ellefsens), Tønsberg |
| 1915 | D/S A/S Forover (H Bøe), Christiania; renamed FOROVER |
| 1916 | A/S Rudolf (Olsen & Ugelstad), Christiania; renamed RUTENFJELL |
| 19/12/1917 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1905: Converted to a whaling factory ship |
| 19/12/1917: Mined & sunk when 2 miles NE of Kerdonis Point, Belle Ile | |
| On a voyage from Newcastle to Chantenay with a cargo of coal |
Above photo as BUCENTAUR when in use as a whaling factory ship
Above photo as BUCENTAUR when in use as a whaling factory ship