NORDBY
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date1912
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 155 5/12' x breadth 26 1/12' x depth 13'
Gross Tonnage: 433 ton
Gross Tonnage: 433 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002197
Keywords
Yard Number: 507.
Subsequent Names: ADOLPHE URBAN (1914?).
Fate: Missing, departed Swansea 7 March 1941 and not heard of again.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Cargo vessel, 1 deck, quarterdeck 94', forecastle 19'
Owners:
1914-25: A/S Urban, H. Hansen manager. Registered at Brevig, Norway.
1929-41: Armement L. Hermans, Soc. Anon, Bruges, Belgium.
Master:
1914-18: O. Salvesen
07/03/1941: Departed Swansea and passed Mumbles for Drogheda. Lifeboat with two bodies washed ashore near Kilrush March 26-27. Joint Arbitration Committee considers it a war loss.
("Lloyd's War Losses: The Second World War, 3 September 1939-14 August 1945" (Lloyd's of London, 1991), vol. 2, p. 1289)
Note:
Engines: Triple expansion engines by Earle's Co. Ltd, Hull cylinder diameters of 13", 18" and 31", length of stroke 21", 64NHP.
1906
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