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Name: SOMMERSTAD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 21/06/1906
Completed: 08/1906
Builder: Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 102
Dimensions: 3875grt, 2502nrt, 340.0 x 47.1 x 27.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (24.5, 41 & 67 x 45ins), 301nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
08/1906 Klaveness D/S A/S (AF Klaveness & Co), Sandefjord
12/08/1918 Sank
Comments: 12/08/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U117 when 30 miles SE of
Fire Island Light Vessel, New York, when inward from Bergen in ballast


Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox

Jarrow Express, Friday, 03/08/1906