TYNE BUILT SHIPS
  A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

Home

Shipbuilders

Ships

River Views

About

Copyright


Select

Ship Name

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

XYZ



Name: SANDYSIKE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 1Q/1922
Completed: 09/1922
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 223
Dimensions: 1694grt, 993nrt, 260.2 x 37.7 x 16.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (20, 33 & 54 x 36ins), 208nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 145497
History:
02/09/1922 Sharp Steamship Co Ltd (Sharp & Co), Newcastle
1935 Rederi A/B Sylvia (Alb Billner), Gothenburg; renamed ALBERT
1940 Deutsches Reich (HW Christophersen), Flensburg
1940 Renamed DORA CHRISTOPHERSEN
1946 Billners Rederi A/B (Alb Billner), Gothenburg; renamed ALBERT
1953 Young Poong Shipping Corp, Inchon; renamed CHANCE
1955 Eon Corporation, Pusan
1963 Cho Yang Shipping Co Ltd, Pusan
1970 Broken up
Comments: 10/04/1940: Detained at Bergen
05/1940: Seized by the Government of Germany
05/1970: Broken up at Inchon


Above photo as ALBERT is copyright of Alex Duncan

Above photo as ALBERT is copyright of Repro

Above photo as ALBERT is copyright of Terje Fredhs Collection