Name: | FOLSJÖ |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 28/01/1896 |
Completed: | 02/1896 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 59 |
Dimensions: | 1647grt, 1040nrt, 254.8 x 36.0 x 15.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (18.5, 30 & 49 x 33ins), 138nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
02/1896 | A/S Folsjö (Alf Monsen), Tønsberg |
1915 | A/S Blink (Nilsen & Sonner), Tønsberg |
1916 | Renamed BRINK |
04/10/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 04/10/1916: Captured, torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U48, 50 miles NE of Vardø |
On a voyage from Onega to Hull with a cargo of timber |
Above photo as FOLSJO copyright of Steinar Norheim
Above photo as FOLSJO courtesy of Lardex
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 29/01/1896