Name: | CILURNUM |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 12/08/1881 |
Completed: | 09/1881 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 56 |
Dimensions: | 2123grt, 1339nrt, 295.8 x 36.2 x 24.6ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (28, 64 x 42ins), 221nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 83912 |
History: | |
27/09/1881 | Elliott, Lowrey & Dunford, Newcastle |
1891 | Dunford & Elliott, Newcastle |
1907 | Sandefjords Hvalfangerselsk (P Bogen), Sandefjord |
1907 | Renamed FRIDTJOF NANSEN |
29/05/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 29/05/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U28, 100 miles east of Lerwick |
On a voyage from the Tyne to Christiania (Oslo) with a cargo of coal |
Shields Daily News, Monday, 15/08/1881