Name: | SNOWFLAKE |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 25/10/1893 |
Completed: | 12/1893 |
Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 608 |
Dimensions: | 2710grt, 1726nrt, 294.0 x 39.6 x 19.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 37 & 60 x 42ins), 247nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 102125 |
History: | |
12/1893 | Bear Creek Oil & Shipping Co Ltd (CT Bowring & Co Ltd), Liverpool |
1913 | SA d’Armement, d’Industrie et de Commerce, Antwerp; renamed KREMLIN |
1914 | The Admiralty, London (by requisition) – Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
1918 | SA d’Armement, d’Industrie et de Commerce, Antwerp |
1922 | Hvalfanger A/S Vestfold (J Rasmussen & Co), Sandefjord; renamed VELLØY |
1926 | Bryde & Dahl’s Hvalgangerselskab (A/S Thor Dahl), Sandefjord |
1926 | Renamed THORØY |
1947 | Cia Panamena de Nav Santa Anna SA (L Reboul & G.Couteaux), Panama |
1947 | Renamed ANNE DE FRANCE |
12/01/1953 | Broken up |
Comments: | 12/01/1953: Arrived for breaking up at Rosyth |
13/01/1953: Breaking up commenced by Metal Industries (Salvage) Ltd |
Above photo as THORØY is courtesy of Ragnar Iversen
Above photo as ANNE DE FRANCE is courtesy of Harald Fevang
Above photo as ANNE DE FRANCE is courtesy of Marine-Marchande.net
Newcastle Evening Chronicle, Thursday, 26/10/1893