Name: | CAIRNGLEN |
Type: | Cargo ship |
Launched: | 11/03/1891 |
Completed: | 05/1891 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 44 |
Dimensions: | 1565grt, 987nrt, 251.0 x 36.1 x 16.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 36ins), 158nhp |
Engines by: | Black, Hawthorn & Co, Gateshead |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 97964 |
History: | |
05/1891 | Cairnglen Steam Ship Co Ltd (Cairns, Young & Noble), Newcastle |
1904 | Managers became Cairns, Noble & Co, Newcastle |
1912 | Limhamns Rederi A/B (E Persson), Limhamn; renamed R F BERG |
1915 | A/S Dovrefjell (Olsen & Ugelstad), Christiania; renamed DOVREFJELL |
24/02/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 24/02/1917: Sank after a collision with HM trawler LOCH EYE off Land’s End |
On a voyage from Nantes to Ardrosssan with a cargo of iron ore |
Above photo as CAIRNGLEN is courtesy of David Asprey
Above photo as DOVREFJELL is copyright of Olsen & Ugelstad
Shields Daily News, Thursday, 12/03/1891