Reichenfels 1903

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

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Name:	REICHENFELS
Type:	Cargo Ship
Launched:	07/09/1903
Completed:	10/1903
Builder:	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard:	Low Walker
Yard Number:	406
Dimensions:	4743grt, 2919nrt, 7023dwt, 388.7 x 51.6 x 27.3ft
Engines:	Q4cyl (23, 32, 48 & 72 x 54ins), 492nhp
Engines by:	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion:	1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	139080

History:
10/1903	Deutsche Dampfs Ges "Hansa", Bremen
05/08/1914	The Admiralty (Grahams & Co, managers)
1915	Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co Ltd, London; renamed POLGLASS CASTLE
1918	British Government, London
1921	Deutsche Dampfs Ges "Hansa", Bremen; renamed REICHENFELS
1Q/1934	Broken up

Comments:	Launched by Wigham Richardson
	Contract Price £63514; Profit £2210-0s-10d
	05/08/1914: Seized as a prize by the UK at Colombo
	Transferred to The Shipping Controller & allocated to the Union Castle Line
	1Q/1934: Broken up by AG Weser at Bremen