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Name: SARAGOSSA
Type: Cargo ship
Launched: 10/08/1889
Completed: 09/1889
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 30
Dimensions: 1785grt, 1171nrt, 265.0 x 37.1 x 16.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (20, 33 & 54 x 39ins), 157nhp
Engines by: Alley & McLellan, Glasgow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 96155
History:
09/1889 H Scholefield & Son, Newcastle
1896 Ang A/B Finska Lloyd (L Krogius & Co), Helsingfors; renamed HERAKLES
1918 Bergen Lloyd A/R (Bjornstad & Braekhus), Bergen
1920 Renamed RAVN
20/12/1923 Sank
Comments: 20/12/1923: Sank in the North Sea on a voyage from Blyth to Bergen with coal


Above painting as HERAKLES courtesy of Risto Kilpiä

Above photo as HERAKLES courtesy of Clive Ketley