Name: | ORLA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 28/03/1914 |
Completed: | 05/1914 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 190 |
Dimensions: | 4032grt, 2536nrt, 355.3 x 50.8 x 24.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 68 x 45ins), 355nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
05/1914 | A Bergvall, Oslo |
1916 | Ivar An Christensens Rederi II, Oslo |
1923 | A/S Ivarans Rederi, Oslo |
1928 | D/S A/S Eisdvold (Henrik Østervold), Bergen |
1935 | A/S D/S Eir (O Grolle Olsen & L Hysing Olsen), Bergen |
1937 | A/S D/S Fjeld (Anron Meidell), Bergen; renamed FJORD |
02/12/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 02/12/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U557 off Estepona Point |
On a voyage from Aguilas to Barrow with a cargo of iron ore |
Above photo as ORLA is courtesy of Hans Olav Isaksen
Newcastle Journal, Tuesday, 31/03/1914