Name: | F C ANDERSEN |
Type: | Cargo ship |
Launched: | 23/09/1893 |
Completed: | 10/1893 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 59 |
Dimensions: | 572grt, 325nrt, 173.6 x 26.1 x 13.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (13.5, 22 & 36 x 27ins), 73nhp |
Engines by: | G Clark Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
10/1893 | A/S SS FC Andersen (H Svarrer & Co), Copenhagen |
1911 | D/S A/S Constant (Bergesen & Co), Stavanger; renamed CONSTANT |
1914 | D/S A/S Hiram (N Mjelde), Haugesund; renamed GJERTRUD |
01/10/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 01/10/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB112, 0.5 miles W of the Lizard |
On a voyage from Newport to St Malo with a cargo of coal |
Above photo as F C ANDERSEN is copyright of the Robert Boman collection
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 25/09/1893