Name: | SARAH |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 04/05/1882 |
Completed: | 05/1882 |
Builder: | J Readhead & Co |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | 181 |
Dimensions: | 1422grt, 819nrt, 248.8 x 36.1 x 17.5ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (29 & 54 x 36ins), 135nhp |
Engines by: | J Readhead & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 82679 |
History: | |
03/06/1882 | Robert Harrowing & Co, Whitby |
1897 | Gaelic Steamships Ltd (Cairns Young Noble); renamed CAIRNALT |
1904 | Managers became Cairns, Noble & Co |
1912 | Cairn Line of Steamships Ltd (Cairns, Noble & Co, managers) |
1915 | Rederi A/B Fylgia (W Damstrom), Helsingfors; renamed HERA |
1923 | Rederi A/B Hera (MT Sjoblom, manager), Norrtelje, Sweden |
1928 | Managers became GA Lundberg, Norrtelje, Sweden |
1935 | Managers became Albert Jansson, Mariehamn, Finland |
12/09/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 12/09/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by Soviet Submarine S13 |
in the Gulf of Bothnia, 70 miles NE of Uppsala |
Above photo as CAIRNALT is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as HERA is copyright of Erik Holmberg collection
Above photo as HERA is copyright of Erik Holmberg collection
Above photo as HERA is copyright of Karl Ransell
Above photo as HERA is copyright of Robert Boman collection
Shields Daily News, Saturday, 06/05/1882