Name: | TYNESIDE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 26/07/1883 |
Completed: | 1883 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
Yard: | Wallsend Yard |
Yard Number: | 75 |
Dimensions: | 875grt, 529nrt, 215.2 x 30.8 x 13.9ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (27 & 50 x 36ins),120nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 88755 |
History: | |
1883 | G Reich, Newcastle |
1884 | James Knott, Newcastle |
1886 | Renamed WELSH PRINCE |
1889 | Gerolimich & Co, Lussinpiccolo; renamed QUARNERO |
1898 | AW Selmer, Drontheim (Trondheim); renamed REBEKKA |
1913 | Thv Halvorsen, Bergen; renamed JERN |
1937 | Olav Ostensjo, Haugesund |
28/09/1939 | Sank |
Comments: | 28/09/1939: Captured & scuttled by U32, 65 miles west of Skudenes |
On a voyage Namsos for London with a cargo of wood pulp |
Photo as REBEKKA courtesy of Richard Cox