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 |