Name: | RAVNEFJELL |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 01/1921 |
Completed: | 10/1922 |
Builder: | Newcastle Shipbuilding Co Ltd & Forth Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn & Alloa |
Yard Number: | 25 |
Dimensions: | 2475grt, 1420nrt, 295.5 x 43.7 x 22.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20.5, 33 & 54 x 39ins), 182nhp |
Engines by: | GT Gray & Co Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
10/1922 | A/S Rudolf (Olsen & Ugelstad), Kristiania |
1937 | A/S Skibsfart, Farsund; renamed FAR |
08/01/1950 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 1921: Ordered from Forth Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Alloa as Yard No 74 |
Due to lack of capacity at Alloa a total of 13 orders were tranferred elsewhere | |
04/1922: The partly completed vessel was towed to Alloa for completion | |
10/1922: Completed by Forth SB & E after Newcastle SB went bankrupt 04/1922 | |
08/01/1950: Wrecked at Rasvaag, near Hildra | |
On a voyage from the Tyne to Copenhagen with a cargo of coke breeze |
Above photo courtesy of Anders Christiansens
Above photo courtesy of Einar Onsolen