Name: | MARSDEN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 05/09/1910 |
Completed: | 10/1910 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 166 |
Dimensions: | 2481grt, 1453nrt, 305.5 x 42.2 x 18.6ft; (1949: 2669grt, 319.8ft) |
Engines: | T3cyl (21.5, 35 & 58 x 39ins), 254nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 129762 |
History: | |
13/10/1910 | Burnett Steamship Co Ltd (Burnett & Co), Newcastle |
1923 | Bd Blumenfeld, Hamburg; renamed CLARA BLUMENFELD |
1933 | Norddeutsche Kohlen-und Cokes Werke AG, Hamburg |
1938 | Renamed HAMMONIA |
1939 | Nordische Transport & Schiff GmbH, Hamburg; renamed NORDFAHRT |
1949 | Norddeutsche Kohlen-und Cokes Werke AG, Hamburg (Reed Blumenfeld) |
1949 | Renamed CLARA BLUMENFELD |
22/12/1958 | Broken up |
Comments: | 10/03/1945: Sunk by a mine in Kiel Bay, refloated 1946 |
1949: Rebuilt with new forepart, then 319.8ft, 2669grt | |
22/12/1958: Arrived at Hamburg for breaking up | |
1959: Broken up by Eisen u Metall KG Lehr & Co |
Above photo as CLARA BLUMENFELD is copyright of the Robert Bomans Collection
Above photo as CLARA BLUMENFELD is copyright of the Robert Bomans Collection
Newcastle Journal, Tuesday, 06/09/1910