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1915 Bark GLENESK (BRG525191506)

Type:

Seilskip, bark, stålskrog
sail ship, barque, steel hull.

Off. nr.:

1096406

Flagg (flag):

NOR

Havn (port):

Bergen

Byggeår (year built):

1889/05

Bnr (Sno).:

222

Bygger (yard):

Russell & Co., Bay Yard, Port Glasgow, Scotland.

Eier (owner):

Hans Westfal-Larsen m. fl., Bergen.

Disponent (manager):

Hans Westfal-Larsen, Bergen.

Klasse (Class).:

Lloyd’s +100A1.

Tonnasje (Tonnage):

2.200 tdw, 1.369 brt, 1.267 nrt.

Dimensjoner (size):

L: 231,8’-B: 36,1’-D: 21,7’.

Lasthåndtering
(cargo handling):

Kjølemaskineri
(Ref. machinery):

Navigasjonsutstyr:

Manøversystemer
(syst. for manouvering):

Dekksmaskineri
(deck machinery):

Kommunikasjon (comm.):

Kallesignal (Call sign):

WJLN

Fremdrift (propulsion):

Seil, rigget som bark.

Fart/forbr. (speed/cons.):

Hjelpemaskineri (aux):

Tot. el. kraft (el. power):

Kjeler (boiler):

Bemanning (crew):

Skipsførere :
S. Tønnessen 1911–13.
G. Larsen 1913–15.
P. Johnsen 1915–17.

Historikk:

1889 Bygget som GLENESK av Russell & Co., Bay Yard, Port Glasgow, Scotland for Dundee Shipowners’ Co. Ltd (W. O. Taylor & Co.), Dundee, Scotland. Sjøsatt 16/04, ferdigstilt 20/05.
1898 Solgt til Dundee Shipowning Co. Ltd (W. O. Taylor & Co.), Dundee.
1911 Solgt i november for GBP 2.400 til Jens Samuelsen & Benjamin Olsen, Farsund.
1915 Solgt 13/08 for NOK 122.000 til A/S Glenesk (Hagbart Torjusen), Mandal.
Videresolgt 15/12 for NOK 220.000 til Hans Westfal-Larsen m. fl., Bergen.
1916 Solgt i desember til A/S Glenesk (Einar Noer), Sandefjord.
1917 Stanset, sprengt og senket 25/04 av den tyske ubåten U 81 (Oberleutnant zur See Raimund Weisbach) 75 nm VNV av Eagle Island, Irland mens hun var på reise fra Greenock, Scotland til New York, NY, USA i ballast.
Kaptein Carl Fredrik Himson Christiansen og mannskapet forlot skipet i livbåtene. De kom i land i Schotport like ved Eagle Island fyr.

History in English:

1889 Built as GLENESK by Russell & Co., Bay Yard, Port Glasgow, Scotland for Dundee Shipowners’ Co. Ltd (W. O. Taylor & Co.), Dundee, Scotland. Launched 16/04, completed 20/05.
1898 Sold to Dundee Shipowning Co. Ltd (W. O. Taylor & Co.), Dundee.
1911 Sold in November for GBP 2.400 to Jens Samuelsen & Benjamin Olsen, Farsund.
1915 Sold 13/08 for NOK 122.000 to A/S Glenesk (Hagbart Torjusen), Mandal.
Re-sold 15/12 for NOK 220.000 to Hans Westfal-Larsen et. al., Bergen.
1916 Sold in December to A/S Glenesk (Einar Noer), Sandefjord.
1917 Captured and sunk with explosive charges 25/04 by the German submarine U 81 (Oberleutnant zur See Raimund Weisbach) 75 nm WNW of Eagle Island, Ireland whilst on a voyage from Greenock, Scotland to New York, NY, USA in ballast.
Captain Carl Fredrik Himson Christiansen and his crew abandoned in the lifeboats. They landed at Schotport near Eagle Island lighthouse.