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Name: SEIRSTAD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 30/07/1920
Completed: 01/1921
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 890
Dimensions: 6632grt, 3753nrt, 454.6 x 60.3 x 27.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 45 & 74 x 51ins), 391nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
01/1921 A/S D/S Seirstad (AF Klaveness & Co A/S), Christiania
18/05/1933 Sank
Comments: 17/05/1933: Struck an iceberg off Cape St Francis, Newfoundland
18/05/1933: Sank
On a voyage from Wabana to Rotterdam with a cargo of iron ore


Above photo is courtesy of Skipshistorie

The Scotsman, Friday, 19/05/1933