Name: | SKEFFINGTON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 02/03/1893 |
Completed: | 04/1893 |
Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 43 |
Dimensions: | 941grt, 539nrt, 206.0 x 32.3 x 14.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (16.5, 28.25 & 47 x 33ins), 127nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 101824 |
History: | |
04/1893 | JO Scott & Co, Newcastle |
1899 | Fisher, Renwick & Co, Newcastle |
1901 | Angfartygs A/B Tirfing (A Broström & Son), Gothenburg; renamed SMÅLAND |
1915 | A/S Rudolf (R Ugelstad), Fredrikstad; renamed RUDOLF |
1915 | Managers became Olsen & Ugelstad, Christiania |
1935 | Skibs A/S Skaabu (P Blich), Oslo |
1937 | Skibs A/S Sandøy (Larsen & Thorvildsen), Oslo |
21/12/1939 | Sank |
Comments: | 21/12/1939: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U46, 150 miles NE of Aberdeen |
On a voyage from Kristinehamn to Immingham in ballast |
Above photo as RUDOLF is copyright of Olsen & Ugelstad
Above photo as RUDOLF is courtesy of Photoship