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Name: NEKO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/10/1891
Completed: 12/1891
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 571
Dimensions: 3648grt, 2358nrt, 345.0 x 43.7 x 25.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 43 & 69 x 48ins), 365nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (1911: 129406)
History:
12/1891 Deutsche Dampfs Ges "Kosmos", Hamburg
1911 Chr Salvesen & Co, Leith & Stanley, Falkland Islands
08/05/1924 Wrecked
Comments: 1911: Converted to whale factory ship
08/05/1924: Wrecked near Cabo Frio, Brazil
On a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to UK ports with a cargo of whale oil