| Name: | STORSTAD |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 04/10/1910 |
| Completed: | 01/1911 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 824 |
| Dimensions: | 6028grt, 3561nrt, 440.0 x 58.1 x 24.6ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (28.5, 47 & 78 x 54ins), 447nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 1911 | A/S Maritim (AF Klaveness & Co), Christiania |
| 1915 | Klaveness Dampsk A/S (AF Klaveness & Co), Christiania |
| 08/03/1917 | Sank |
| Comments: | 29/05/1914: Collided with & sank EMPRESS OF IRELAND in the St Lawrence River |
| in thick fog below Father Point. 1012 lives were lost as the liner sank quickly | |
| STORSTAD was found to have been "negligently navigated" | |
| 08/03/1917: Sank after being captured, shelled and torpedoed by | |
| U-Boat U62 when 45 miles WSW of Fastnet at position 51.20N - 11.50W | |
| On a voyage from Buenos Aires to Rotterdam with maize (Belgian Relief cargo) |
Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo shows STORSTAD at Montreal after the collision with EMPRESS OF IRELAND
Above photo shows STORSTAD at Montreal after the collision with EMPRESS OF IRELAND