Name: | CHRISTIAN BØRS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 18/05/1905 |
Completed: | 06/1905 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 730 |
Dimensions: | 4306grt, 2788nrt, 375.5 x 51.0 x 25.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 67 x 45ins), 373nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
06/1905 | Vilhelm Torkildsen, Bergen |
1914 | A/S D/S Christian Børs (Vilhelm Torkildsen), Bergen |
1937 | Skibs A/S Vilhelm Torkildsen's Rederi (Vilhelm Torkildsen), Bergen |
1939 | Skibs A/S Saphir (Edvin Endresen), Stavanger; renamed SAPHIR |
10/04/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 10/04/1940: Sank in Narvik harbour during the German invasion |
1958: Refloated and towed to Grimstad | |
Broken up by Norsk Skipsopphugning Co at Grimstad |
Above photo as CHRISTIAN BØRS is copyright of Bjørn Milde, courtesy of Bjørn Fretheim