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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
ORWELL |
108681 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1897 |
18/05/1897 |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Cargo
| Steel Screw Steamer |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow |
Scotstoun |
237 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
3789 grt / / |
354.3 ft |
45.1 ft |
25.8 ft |
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Engine builder |
Dunsmuir & Jackson Ltd., Govan |
Engine detail |
1-screw T.3-cyl. (25”, 40” & 66” x 45”) 354nhp. 10kts. |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
James Gardiner & Company, Glasgow. |
Glasgow |
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Other names |
1925 WHALE - 1930 CONGO |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
1905 Indian Steamship Company Ltd. (James Gardiner & Company, managers) 1911 AS Tonsbergs Hvalfangeri, Tonsberg, (O. Hyton, manager), converted for transportation of whale oil in bulk. 1925 Renamed WHALE. 1929 Anglo Norse Company, Tonsberg 1930 AS Congo (Soren L. Christensen & Johannes Dahl), Sandefjord and renamed CONGO. 1934 Sold to Tonsbergs Hvalfangeri |
Vessel history |
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Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1934 |
Broken Up |
Disposal Detail |
08/1934 bu Tonsberg. |
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Congo
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