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Name: DOROTHEA RICKMERS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/07/1895
Completed: 08/1895
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 614
Dimensions: 3738grt, 2412nrt, 340.0 x 44.0 x 25.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 38 & 63 x 45ins), 294nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
04/1895 Rickmers Reismühlen, Rhederei & Schiffbau AG, Bremerhaven
1899 Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg; renamed FRISIA
1907 Seetransport GmbH, Hamburg; renamed BITSCHIN
1910 Rhederei-Vereinigung GmbH, Hamburg
1912 Giovanni Nencioli, Livorno
1914 Celle & Barbagelata, Genoa; renamed LIGURIA
24/11/1915 Sank
Comments: 24/11/1915: Sank after being captured and torpedoed by U-Boat U33 when
75 miles from Hyeres on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia to Portoferraio with coal