Norrbotten 1913

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

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Name:	NORRBOTTEN
Type:	Bulk Carrier
Launched:	07/11/1912
Completed:	03/1913
Builder:	R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard:	Hebburn
Yard Number:	459
Dimensions:	8011grt, 11500dwt, 453.2 x 63.3 x 34.5ft
Engines:	T3cyl (27, 45 & 74 x 54ins)
Engines by:	R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion:	1 x Screw
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	n/a
History:
03/1913	Rederi A/B Luleå-Ofoten (PA Welin), Stockholm
23/09/1915	Missing

Comments:	23/09/1915: Last reported when 100 miles east of Cape Race
	On a voyage from Narvik to Philadelphia with a cargo of iron ore
	Subsequently posted missing