Name: | LYNTON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 14/07/1881 |
Completed: | 08/1881 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Co |
Yard: | Lawe Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 172 |
Dimensions: | 1235grt, 710nrt, 240.4 x 33.2 x 17.0ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (28 & 54 x 36ins), 132nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 83908 |
History: | |
12/08/1881 | Chapman & Miller, Newcastle |
1899 | Rederi A/B Valkyrian (CG Wickberg & Sons), Sundsvall; renamed VALKYRIAN |
1906 | Manager became VE Nilson |
1911 | Manager became EA Enhorning |
1932 | Motala Rederi A/B (EA Enhorning), Sundsvall |
1934 | Klas A Andersson, Karlskrona |
1939 | Rederi A/B Strim (Sven Salén), Stockholm; renamed JOHANNA |
1948 | Cia Naviera Minories SA, Panama (Johannes Coobas); renamed HERMES |
17/12/1957 | Broken up |
Comments: | 17/12/1957: Arrived at Hamburg to be broken up |
1958: Broken up by Eisen u Metall KG Lehr & Co |
Above photo as LYNTON is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo as VALKYRIAN is copyright of the Robert Boman Collection
Above photo as JOHANNA is copyright of the Robert Boman Collection
Above photo as JOHANNA is copyright of the Robert Boman Collection
Above photo as Hermes is copyright of the Robert Boman Collection