Name: | SPITZBERGEN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 19/03/1870 |
Completed: | 10/05/1870 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 66 |
Dimensions: | 104grt, 71nrt, 120dwt, 105.3 x 16.9 x 8.5ft |
Engines: | 2cyl (16 & 16 x 14ins), 20nhp |
Engines by: | Clarke, Watson & Gurney, Gateshead |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 7.0knots (trials) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
1870 | August & Albert Mohr, Bergen |
1891 | Renamed SPITZBERGER |
1911 | A Nygaard & Co, Boda |
1922 | A/S Storfjord (CG Knudsen, manager) |
23/05/1923 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Built for the White Sea trade, carrying 700 barrels of herring & 5 cattle. 14 fishermen |
Contract Price £2375; Profit £191-17s-0d | |
23/05/1923: Wrecked at Lister when on passage between Nakskov and Stavanger |