| Name: | CYGNUS |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 21/08/1906 |
| Completed: | 09/1906 |
| Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Bill Quay |
| Yard Number: | 136 |
| Dimensions: | 1186grt, 713nrt, 235.0 x 36.3 x 15.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (18.5, 30 & 49 x 33ins), 138nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a; (1918: 142384) |
| History: | |
| 09/1906 | A/S D/S Cygnus (C Blumer Hofgaard), Christiania, Norway |
| 1915 | E Grant Lea, Bergen; renamed HILDA LEA |
| 1915 | H Staubo, Christiania; renamed HAVDROT |
| by 1930 | A/S China Coasting (EM Nielsen-Moe, manager), Oslo |
| 1938 | Wallem & Co (Haakon J Wallem, manager), Bergen; renamed HAI DAH |
| 07/1947 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 04/1918 to 01/1919: Requisitioned by UK Shipping Controller |
| 06/1940: Detained at Saigon by Vichy French authorities | |
| Later released & served for the Allies | |
| 07/1947: Broken up at Bombay |
Above photo as CYGNUS courtesy of George Robinson
Above photo as HAVDROT copyright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum, Anders Beer Wilse Collection
Above photo as HAVDROT copyright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum, Anders Beer Wilse Collection