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S/S NORD I |
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Passenger & cargo steamer, one deck & spar deck |
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Passengers |
I: 24 |
II: 28 |
Emigrants: 137 |
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Ice class |
- |
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Tonnages |
1,440 GRT |
823 NRT |
1,000 tdw |
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Length over all |
73.12 m |
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Breadth |
10.74 m |
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Draught |
5.64 m |
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Engine |
Triple steam engine 3 cy. by Richardsons, Westgarth & Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough. |
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Horse powers |
1,700 IHP |
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Speed |
12.5 knots |
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6.12.1902 |
Delivered by Sir Raylton, Dixon & Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, as Nord I for Ångfartygs Ab Nord, Helsinki. Arrived on Dec. 10 for interior fitting at Sandvikens Skeppsdocka, Helsinki. |
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5.1.1903 |
Completed and put into butter export and emigrant service from Finland to England. |
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26.10.1904 |
To end the hard competition Nord-vessels acquired en bloc by Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget, Helsinki. The vessels where laid up in England and the change of ownership was never registered. |
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22.4.1905 |
Sold to Max Jebsen, Hamburg, and renamed S/S Nord. |
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1905 |
Sold to D. W. Deshler, U.S.A., and renamed S/S Ohio No. 4. |
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1906 |
Sold to Nippon Yusen K.K., Tokio, and renamed S/S Hirosaki Maru. |
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1923 |
Transferred to Kinkai Yusen K.K., (Nippon Yusen K.K.), Tokio. |
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1936 |
Wrecked on July 3 at Notoro, Sakhalin, while on voyage from Honto to Adomari with passengers and general cargo. |
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Source: The Ships of Our First Century : The Effoa Fleet 1883-1983. Ed. by Matti Pietikäinen & Bengt Sjöström. Keuruu 1983, 231 p. ISBN 951-99438-5-4. |
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