BENTLEY
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date13 February 1895
Object NameFISHING VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 181 1/6' x breadth 20 9/12' x depth 10 3/12'
Gross Tonnage: 152 ton
Gross Tonnage: 152 ton
Object numberABDSHIP001948
Keywords
Yard Number: 287
Official Number: 99471
Subsequent Names: KRISTINA (1913); STABIL (1925); NARVIK (1940)
Fate: Sunk by British submarine gunfire near Sleipnesodden, Rodoy, Helgeland, Norway. 22 March 1944.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Trawler
Owners:
1895: J. W. Wilson, South Sheilds (Manager J. Wilson), fishing number SN.18
12/05/1903: A. McKenzie & T. Lauder, Aberdeen. gt
07/01/1904: Town & County Bank Ltd., Aberdeen. gt
1907: James A. McGlashan, Granton, fishing number GN.22. gt
1910: J. A. McGlashan, Granton.
1913: A/S Havfiskeselskaput Has Madsen & Co., Bergen, registered at Bergen. gt
1914-15 Owners Madsen & Co., Bergen.
1917: Nordsjolekterkompaniet A/S, Stavanger, registered Stavanger (R-115-S). gt
1918-19: Nordsjölægier-Companiet Akt. w
1925: I. & B. Romsoe A/S, Stavanger. (R-115-S). gt
1930-40: A/S D/S Delphine, Stavanger, renamed STABIL. Manager B. Romsoe.
1940-44: Owners A/S Narviks Dampskibsselskab, Narvik.
General History:
1913: Renamed KRISTINA,
1918: Rebuilt at Storemollens Patentslipper & Mek Verksted, Bergen. gt
1925: Renamed STABIL, lengthened 20.8 feet (188 gross tons). gt
1940-44: Owners A/S Narviks Dampskibsselskab, Narvik, renamed NARVIK. Converted to cargo vessel at Svolvær, also registered for some passengers.
Placed in regularly scheduled cargo/passenger service Narvik-Trondheim 1941.
Shelled and sunk on 22 March 1944 by the British submarine "SYRTIS" (Jupp), position 66 45N 13 11E - near Sleipnesodden, Rodoy, Helgeland, on a voyage Trondheim-Narvik with cargo and passengers.
She received several direct hits in the after ship and sank quickly. According to the "Sjømennenes Minnehall" website, she had 16 crew and 9 passengers, among them 1 German. 18 of those on board had managed to get in a lifeboat when another shell hit the side of the ship and 15 were killed by the resulting shrapnel, while 3 ended up in the water, but were later picked up by rescuers from nearby Sleipnesodden. The port lifeboat with 5 people was taken to Svinvær (it had several bullet holes in it). 7 crew and 2 passengers were rescued. (granton trawlers)
Notes:
Steam compound engine, 17" x 36" with 24" stroke
Boiler: Number: 1; Diameter 11' 0"; Furnaces: 2; Heating Area (ft2): 868; Length 9'6"
Pressure (p.s.i.): 120
Propeller diameter: 7'-7¾"; Type: solid cast iron
gt: - http://www.grantontrawlers.com/Trawlers/Bentley%20GN%2022.htm
Loss: - http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsn.html
