Name: | ROTTERDAM |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 12/01/1895 |
Completed: | 06/1895 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 690 |
Dimensions: | 4140grt, 2635nrt, 360.0 x 46.7 x 27.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (28.5, 46 & 75 x 48ins), 457nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
06/1895 | American Petroleum Co, Rotterdam |
1924 | Soc Armatrice Italiana, Genoa; renamed OLANDESE |
1927 | Soc Petrolifera Esercizia Marittimi, Fiume |
1930 | De Gregori & Scotto, Genoa |
29/08/1932 | Broken up |
Comments: | 04/08/1897: Ran on to rocks at Mistaken Point near Cape Race, Newfoundland |
The impact damaged her bows & destroyed most of her bottom | |
Repairs were carried out on the Tyne | |
29/08/1932: Arrived at La Spezia for breaking up |
Above photo as ROTTERDAM is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as ROTTERDAM is courtesy of Auke Visser
Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 15/01/1895