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Name: ISLE OF GEORGIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 14/05/1885
Completed: 05/1885
Builder: John Readhead & Co
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 215
Dimensions: 1268grt, 793nrt, 235.0 x 34.1 x 17.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (28 & 53 x 36ins), 133nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 91490
History:
05/1885 Dixon, Robson & Co, Newcastle
1899 Isles Steam Shipping Co Ltd (Dixon, Robson & Co), Newcastle
1903 A/S D/S Georgia (R Reinhardt & Co), Kristiansand; renamed GEORGIA
1915 A/S Sjøfart (SO Stray & Co), Kristiansand; renamed SUND
1923 A/S Norsk Rutefart (SO Stray & Co), Kristiansand
1925 PA Musaeus Rederi A/S, Oslo; renamed SNARØ
04/11/1929 Wrecked
Comments: 04/11/1929: Wrecked north of the Åland Islands
On a voyage from Skellefteå to Ghent with a cargo of pit props