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Name: TJØMØ
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/03/1892
Completed: 06/1892
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 35
Dimensions: 1444grt, 899nrt, 250.0 x 35.0 x 15.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (18.5, 30 & 49 x 33ins), 138nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
06/1892 A/S Tjømø (Hjalmar Røed & Co), Tønsberg
1913 D/S A/S Tjømø (OAA Hirsch), Moss
1915 D/S A/S Tjømø (Joh Bruu), Tønsberg
1916 Samuelsen-Olsen’s Rederi (Jens Samuelsen), Farsund
21/05/1916 Sank
Comments: 21/05/1916: Captured & scuttled by U-Boat U34, 50 miles NE of Formentor, Mallorca
On a voyage from Barry Dock to Genoa with a cargo of coal


Above photo copyright of H Fevang