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Name: SVANHOLM
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/08/1905
Completed: 10/1905
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 127
Dimensions: 1400grt, 848nrt, 252.0 x 38.2 x 16.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 33ins), 168nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
10/1905 A/S D/S Steam (Johnsen & Jespersen), Copenhagen
1909 D/S Codan A/S (William Schaldemose), Copenhagen
1914 A/S D/S Skjold (LH Carl), Copenhagen
1917 A/S D/S Gorm (LH Carl), Copenhagen
16/08/1917 Sank
Comments: 16/08/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U94 at 60.16N – 02.25E
On a voyage from Gothenburg for the Tyne with pit props


Above photo copyright of the Danish Maritime Museum at Elsinore