| Name: | JAN BREYDEL |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 13/01/1880 |
| Completed: | 08/1880 |
| Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 385 |
| Dimensions: | 3414grt, 2236nrt, 340.0 x 40.0 x 26.0ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (44 & 84 x 48ins), 400nhp |
| Engines by: | T Clark & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 08/1880 | TC Engels, Antwerp |
| 1888 | A/S D/S Thingvalla, Copenhagen; renamed DANMARK |
| 06/04/1889 | Abandoned |
| Comments: | Appears to have been built for a contract that failed as she was launched without name |
| 07/1880: Purchased by Engels & Co of Antwerp | |
| 06/04/1889: Abandoned 800 miles E of Newfoundland after the propeller shaft broke | |
| On a voyage from Copenhagen to New York, | |
| 08/04/1889: Last sighted in position 45.45N – 37.16W |
Above painting as DANMARK is by Antonio Jacobsen
Above photo as DANMARK is copyright of the Museet for Sofarts. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Jarrow Express, Friday, 16/01/1880
Sunderland Daily Echo, Thursday, 22/07/1880