Name: | ERIVAN |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 06/06/1893 |
Completed: | 08/1893 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 673 |
Dimensions: | 2424grt, 1631nrt, 285.0 x 38.6 x 25.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22.5, 36.5 & 60 x 42ins), 233nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
08/1893 | Soc Anon de Transports en Vrac (Ch Good), Antwerp |
1901 | Soc Anon d'Armement, d'Industrie et de Commerce, Antwerp |
29/09/1914 | The Admiralty, London - Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
1919 | Soc Anon d'Armement, d'Industrie et de Commerce, Antwerp |
1922 | A/S Tønsbergs Hvalfangeri, Tønsberg |
1924 | A/S Erivan (AC Olsen), Sandefjord |
31/12/1924 | Sank |
Comments: | 16/01/1915: Collided with & sank the Admiralty tug CHAR off The Downs |
All crew of the CHAR died. CHAR was going to assist the ERIVAN at the time | |
31/12/1924: Sank after striking rocks 15 miles from Swain Island, Kerguelen | |
On a voyage from Kerguelen via Table Bay for Europe with a cargo of whale oil |
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 08/06/1893