Name: | SHEIKH |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 06/10/1892 |
Completed: | 12/1892 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 669 |
Dimensions: | 4369grt, 2828nrt, 388.0 x 46.0 x 28.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 43 & 70 x 45ins), 490nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 102056 |
History: | |
12/1892 | Bedouin Steam Navigation Co Ltd (W & R Thomson), Liverpool |
1910 | Hvalfangerselsk Norge (Chr Nielsen & Co), Larvik; renamed SOLSTREIF |
07/10/1934 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1910: Converted to a whale factory ship |
07/10/1934: Arrived at Stockton-on-Tees for breaking up | |
Broken up by South Stockton Shipbreaking Co |
Above photo as SOLSTREIF is copyright of the Larvik Museum
Shields Daily News, Monday, 05/12/1892