Name: | SOLDIER PRINCE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 21/08/1883 |
Completed: | 1883 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 77 |
Dimensions: | 1368grt, 801nrt, 245.2 x 34.1 x 17.3ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (29 & 56 x 36ins), 133nhp); (1896: T3cyl (16.5, 28 & 46 x 33ins), 118nhp) |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend; (1896: S & H Morton & Co, Leith) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 84892 |
History: | |
1883 | James Knott, North Shields |
1895 | Prince Line (1895) Ltd (James Knott), North Shields |
1895 | Chr Salvesen & Co, Leith |
1896 | Renamed FOLDA |
1916 | Lucovich, Parsons & Co Ltd, London |
1916 | Franco-British SS Co Ltd (Olivier & Co Ltd), London |
1920 | Renamed CITY OF MONTDIDIER |
1920 | Anglo-Celtic Shipping Co Ltd (J Griffiths), Leith |
1921 | Franco-British SS Co Ltd (Olivier & Co Ltd), Leith |
1922 | Hydra SS Co Ltd (Geo M Chrussachi), Leith |
1922 | Rederi A/B Majviken (C A Berglund), Gothenburg; renamed MAJA |
1929 | A/B John Millars Eftr (E Rundberg), Gothenburg |
04/07/1936 | Sank |
Comments: | 1896: Existing quadrupal engine tripled. |
04/07/1936: Sank after going ashore outside Trysunda (Sweden) | |
On a voyage from Hartlepool to Kopmanholmen with coal. |
Above photo as FOLDA copyright of the Robert Boman Collection
Above photo as MAJA copyright of the Robert Boman Collection