Frogner 1890

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

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Name:	FROGNER
Type:	Cargo Ship
Launched:	30/10/1890
Completed:	12/1890
Builder:	Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard:	Bill Quay
Yard Number:	27
Dimensions:	1161grt, 691nrt, 230.1 x 33.1 x 15.4ft
Engines:	T3cyl (17, 28 & 46 x 30ins), 122nhp
Engines by:	North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion:	1 x Screw
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	n/a
History:
12/1890	D/S A/S Frogner (Fearnley & Eger), Christiania
1906	D/S A/S Aker (Fearnley & Eger), Christiania
02/03/1907	Sank

Comments:	02/03/1907: Sank after a collision with GEELONG off the Royal Sovereign Light Vessel
	On a voyage from Castro Urdiales to Rotterdam with a cargo of iron ore