Name: | HOHENFELS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 08/02/1898 |
Completed: | 28/05/1898 |
Builder: | Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 338 |
Dimensions: | 5469grt, 3550nrt, 7991dwt, 418.0 x 54.0 x 20.1ft |
Engines: | Q4cyl (24, 34, 51 & 74 x 54ins), 494nhp |
Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots (trials) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1919: 145027) |
History: | |
28/05/1898 | Deutsche Dampfs Ges "Hansa", Bremen |
1919 | The Shipping Controller (T Law & Co, managers), Glasgow |
1921 | British Africa Shipping & Coaling Co Ltd (Mitchell, Cotts & Co, managers) |
1921 | Renamed CAPE RECIFE |
1924 | Sun Shipping Co Ltd (Mitchell, Cotts & Co, managers), London |
20/02/1929 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Contract price £61902, Profit £5229-9s-1d |
1919: Surrendered to Great Britain as war reparation | |
20/02/1929: Wrecked at Seal Point, Cape St Francis (Cape Colony), | |
while on passage from Cape Town to Durban and Port Natal |
Above photo as HOHENFELS is copyright of The Peabody Museum of Salem
Above photo as HOHENFELS is copyright of Hans-Jurgen Mayburg
Above photo as HOHENFELS is copyright of Peter Kiehlmann