| Name: | CAIRNMORE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 25/07/1892 |
| Completed: | 09/1892 |
| Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Bill Quay |
| Yard Number: | 40 |
| Dimensions: | 1627grt, 1038nrt, 250.5 x 36.1 x 16.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 36ins), 156nhp |
| Engines by: | Black, Hawthorn & Co, Gateshead |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 101803 |
| History: | |
| 09/1892 | Cairn Line of Steamships Ltd (Cairns, Young & Noble), Newcastle |
| 1904 | Managers Cairns, Noble & Co |
| 1913 | OM Milberg & Co, Christiania; renamed NORD |
| 1915 | A/S D/S Nord (KS Nordgreen), Bergen |
| 1916 | O & H Holta, Skien |
| 1922 | Rederi A/B Atos (OA Borjesson), Helsingborg |
| 1927 | Rederi A/B Regulus (JH Pettersson), Helsingborg |
| 1933 | Rederi A/B Progress (JH Pettersson), Helsingborg |
| 1937 | Jakob Rang, Tallinn; renamed ARCTURUS |
| 1940 | Deutsches Reich (Westergaard & Co, Oslo under Norwegian flag) |
| 22/11/1943 | Sank |
| Comments: | 14/04/1940: Seized by German forces at Bergen |
| 22/11/1943: Sank after being set on fire by a British air attack at Stadtraner and after being taken in tow for Alesund she was torpedoed by Norwegian submarine ULA | |
| She had been on a voyage from Oslo to Northern Norway with a cargo of potatoes |
Above photo as NORD is copyright of the Robert Bomans Collection
Above photo as ARCTURUS is copyright of the Robert Bomans Collection
Above photo as ARCTURUS is copyright of LW Hansen. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return