Name: | ENGLAND |
Type: | Cargo ship |
Launched: | 07/12/1889 |
Completed: | 01/1890 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 33 |
Dimensions: | 809grt, 626nrt, 200.0 x 28.2 x 12.6ft; (1897: 1014grt, 238.9ft) |
Engines: | T3cyl (15, 25 & 41 x 36ins), 98nhp |
Engines by: | Alley & McLellan Ltd, Glasgow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
01/1890 | D/S Nordsøen (A Christensen), Copenhagen |
1914 | Dansk Engelsk D/S (A Christensen), Copenhagen |
1915 | D/S Nakskov A/S (Caspar Andreas), Nakskov; renamed FREDSHOLM |
1915 | D/S A/S Mineral (B Schattenstein), Narvik; renamed MINERAL |
1923 | Red A/B Hvitra (C Hviid-Nielsen), Halmstad; renamed HVITRA |
1929 | Ubaldo Gennari fu Torquato, Rimini; renamed TORQUATO GENNARI |
29/12/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 1897: Lengthened to 238.9ft, 1014grt |
29/12/1942: Sank after being torpedoed by British submarine HMS SAFARI | |
16 miles south of No 8 Buoy in the Kerkennah Channel on a voyage from Tripoli to Trapani |
Above photo as ENGLAND copyright of the Simon Bang Collection
Above photo as HVITRA copyright of Gävle Port Management