Name: | FRISIA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 27/01/1914 |
Completed: | 04/1914 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 214 |
Dimensions: | 4998grt, 3135nrt, 410.0 x 51.9 x 28.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (28, 46.5 & 78 x 54ins), 586nhp |
Engines by: | Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1915: 137680) |
History: | |
04/1914 | Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg |
1915 | British Government (British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd); renamed HUNTRESS |
08/02/1915 | Registered at Hong Kong |
1917 | Managers became G Heyn & Sons |
1919 | Union Government of South Africa – Railways & Harbours Dept, Cape Town |
1930 | Atlanticos Steamship Co Ltd (Kulukundis), Syra; renamed ANDROMEDA |
06/1931 | Broken up |
Comments: | 08/1914: Fitted out as a naval collier |
21/08/1914: Captured by HMS TRIUMPH off Tsingtau & taken to Hong Kong | |
06/1931: Broken up at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht by NV Holland |