Name: | TRUE BRITON |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 19/03/1881 |
Completed: | 04/1881 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 441 |
Dimensions: | 1034grt, 634nrt, 225.0 x 31.2 x 16.0ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (24 & 52 x 33ins), 132nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 83825 |
History: | |
13/04/1881 | Gibbs & Lee, Cardiff |
1896 | Motala Rederi A/B (Gustaf F Petterson) Motala; renamed LOVISA |
1919 | Anders Smith, Uddevalla |
1937 | Rederi A/B Ribjörn (Knudsen & Lindfors A/B), Helsingfors |
1937 | Renamed RIBJÖRN |
1950 | Laiva O/Y He-Tu (John Nurminen O/Y), Helsingfors; renamed ROINE |
1952 | Laiva O/Y Roine (Ilmari Tuuli), Helsingfors |
20/03/1953 | Sank |
Comments: | 12/09/1896: Stranded at Talriken near Arholma on a voyage from Stockholm to |
Hernosand in ballast, sustaining heavy bottom damage | |
Sold to the salvors and repaired at Oskarshamn | |
12/1896: Repairs completed | |
20/03/1953: Sank after a collision with BRIARDENE in fog off Newarp LV | |
On a voyage from Casablanca to Bo'ness with a cargo of phosphate |
Above photo as LOVISA is copyright of the Museet for Søfart
Above photo as RIBJORN is copyright of Hansen & Pedersen
Above photo as ROINE is courtesy of Photoship