Scharzfels 1901

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

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Name:	SCHARZFELS
Type:	Cargo Ship
Launched:	05/06/1901
Completed:	17/07/1901
Builder:	Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard:	Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number:	376
Dimensions:	5649grt, 3651nrt, 8151dwt, 420.0 x 55.1 x 20.5ft
Engines:	Q4cyl (24, 34, 51 & 74 x 54ins), 494nhp
Engines by:	Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion:	1 x Screw, 12.2knots (trials)
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	n/a; (1915: 139004)
History:
17/07/1901	Deutsche Dampfs Ges "Hansa", Bremen
1915	Government of Australia; renamed ARALUEN
1923	Australian Commonwealth Line of Steamers
1924	Naigai Kisen KK, Amagasaki, Japan; renamed DAIKOKU MARU
1925	Renamed OHKUNI MARU also seen as OKUNI MARU
31/08/1944	Sank

Comments:	Contract Price £82989; Profit £10000
	08/1914: Seized at Adelaide by the Australian Government
	31/08/1944: Torpedoed & sunk by US submarine USS BARB, south of Formosa