Name: | SKARPSNO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 15/06/1889 |
Completed: | 08/1889 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 15 |
Dimensions: | 1789grt, 1114nrt, 281.2 x 40.0 x 17.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (21, 35 & 58 x 39ins) 205nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
08/1889 | D/S A/S Skarpsno (Fearnley & Eger), Christiania |
1906 | D/S A/S Aker (Fearnley & Eger), Christiania |
1914 | A/S Eidsvold (AT Simonsen), Christiania |
1916 | Olsen & Ugelstad, Christiania |
1916 | A/S Ørsnæs (HG Melsom), Tønsberg; possibly renamed ØRSNÆS |
02/06/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 02/06/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC71 north of Bayonne at 44.18N – 03.50W |
On a voyage from Bordeaux to Santander in ballast |
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