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Name: RUDOLF TORNERHJELM
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/1870
Completed: 01/1871
Builder: Readhead, Softley & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 67
Dimensions: 625grt, 180.0 x 26.5 x 15.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (21.25 & 42.5 x 30ins), 70hp
Engines by: Readhead, Softley & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
01/1871 Unknown owner, Sweden
by 1876 Angfartygs A/B Helsingborg, Sweden
18/12/1876 Missing
Comments: Dimensions taken from press release
18/12/1876: Sailed from Uddevalla for Antwerp
Subsequently reported missing


Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 11/01/1871