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1903 Fullrigger AVENGER (LIL402190301)

Type:

Seilskip, fullrigger, jernskrog
sail ship, full-rigged ship, iron hull.

ID:

1081558

Flagg (flag):

NOR

Havn(port):

Lillesand

Byggeår (year built):

1879/07

Bnr (Sno).:

40

Bygger (yard):

Whitehaven Ship Building Co., Whitehaven, England.

Eier (owner):

Skibs-A/S Avenger, Lillesand.

Disponent (manager):

Henr. Hansen, Kokkenes, Lillesand.

Klasse (Class).:

Lloyd’s +100A1

Tonnasje (Tonnage):

2.200 tdw, 1.403 brt, 1.360 nrt.

Dimensjoner (size):

L: 240,1’-B: 36,9’-D: 22,1’.

Lasthåndtering
(cargo handling.):

Kjølemaskineri
(Refr. machinery):

Navigasjonsutstyr:

Manøversystemer
(syst.for manouvering):

Dekksmaskineri
(deck machinery):

Kommunikasjon (comm.):

Kallesignal (Call sign.):

KBDL

Fremdrift (propulsion):

Seil, rigget som fullrigger.

Fart/forbr. (speed/cons.):

Hjelpemaskineri (aux):

Tot. el. kraft (el. power):

Kjele(r) (boiler):

Bemanning (crew):

Skipsførere:
Georg Gregersen 1903-04

Historikk:

1879 Bygget som fullrigger AVENGER av Whitehaven Ship Building Co., Whitehaven, England for William Grice & Co., Bootie, London, England. Sjøsatt 20/03, ferdigstilt 10/07.
1898 Solgt til Thomas Roberts, Llanelly, Wales.
1903 Solgt til Skibs-A/S Avenger (Henr. Hansen, Kokkenes), Lillesand.
1904 Grunnstøtte 19/01 ved Ship Island, Florida, USA mens hun var på reise fra Chandaleur Island, Port Natal, Syd Afrika til Gulfport, Mississippi, USA. Hele mannskapet berget.
1905 Solgt til Mobile Tow Boat Company, Mobile, Alabama, USA. Bragt flott. Sannsynligvis lagt opp.
1908 Strøket fra Lloyd’s register.
1917 Solgt til Gaston Williams & Wigmore Steamship Co., New York, NY, USA. Reparert og satt i fart som bark JOHN H. KIRBY.
Stanset og skutt i senk 01/12 av den tyske armerte krysseren WOLF 320 nm sydøst for Port Elizabeth, Syd Afrika mens hun var på reise fra New York, NY, USA til Port Natal, Syd Afrika med stykkgods & 270 Ford biler. Hele mannskapet, 17 mann berget.

History in English:

1879 Built as full-rigged ship AVENGER at Whitehaven Ship Building Co., Whitehaven, England for William Grice & Co., Bootie, London, England. Launched 20/03, completed 10/07.
1898 Sold to Thomas Roberts, Llanelly, Wales
1903 Sold to Skibs-A/S Avenger (Henr. Hansen, Kokkenes), Lillesand.
1904 Stranded 19/01 at Ship Island, Florida, USA whilst on voyage from Chandaleur Island, Port Natal, South Africa to Gulfport, Mississippi, USA. The entire crew saved.
1905 Sold to Mobile Tow Boat Company, Mobile, Alabama, USA. Refloated. Most probability laid up.
1908 Deleted from Lloyd’s register.
1917 Sold to Gaston Williams & Wigmore Steamship Co., New York, NY, USA. Repaired and put in service as barque JOHN H. KIRBY.
Captured and sunk by gunfire 01/12 by the German Armed merchant cruiser WOLF 320 nm South-East of Port Elizabeth, South Africa whilst on a voyage from New York, NY, USA to Port Natal, South Africa with general cargo & 270 Ford automobiles. The entire crew, 17 men saved.