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GLEN FARG

Shipbuildervessel built by John Lewis & Sons (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)

Owner Christian Salvesen & Co. (Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1872 - 2007)

Date1937

Object NameCARGO VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 196 3/6' x breadth 30 7/12' x depth 14 3/12'
Gross Tonnage: 876 ton

Object numberABDSHIP000090

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Lewis & Sons.
Yard Number: 143
Official number: 165248

Fate: Sunk by submarine, in the North Sea, at 58 52N, 1 31W., 4 October 1939.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Cargo vessel with raised quarterdeck, machinery aft.

Owner:
1937: Christian Salvesen & Co., Leith.

General History:
15/10/1937: Builder's certificate issued.
04/10/1939: Sunk by a submarine while en route from Trondheim to Methil carrying pulp, carbide paper and ferro-chrome, one crewman killed.
("Lloyd's War Losses: The Second World War" (Lloyd's Register, London, 1989), vol. 1, p. 13)
Engine number 221, boilers by Barclay Curle, Glasgow.