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Name: VÖRWARTS
Type: Tanker
Launched: 09/11/1886
Completed: 1886
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 500
Dimensions: 2466grt, 1766nrt, 300.5 x 37.2 x 23.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 35 & 58 x 39ins), 200nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1886 WA Riedemann & AN Schütte & Sohn, Geestemünde
1889 CF Wedekind & Co, Geestemünde
27/07/1890 Sank
Comments: 27/07/1890: Sank in Vado Bay after being towed out of Savona on fire after
arriving from New York with a cargo of petrol two days earlier