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Teneriffa

1922 General cargo

Teneriffa-22.jpg

Buildingyard: Burmeister & Wain's Skibsbyggeri A/S., Copenhagen

Built year: 1922

Yard no: 320

Tonnage: GRT: 5655/NET: 3496 /TDW: 9555

Dims: LOA: 425,5ft/ BR: 55,2ft/  DR: 35,8ft

 

Machinery: Two 6cyl by the shipbuilder

IHP: 3100

Speed: 11,50 knots

Passengers: 10

Photo: The Trove Australian National Library/the State Library of South Australia

15.12.1921: Launched

03.05.1922: Completed. Price: NOK 5.238.789,88

26.02.1941: Sank in the Bristol Channel in pos 51.06N, 04.49W after being bombed by German aircraft. On passage from

                     Newport (Monmouthshire) to Milford Haven and St.John. New Brunswick/ US with a cargo of china clay and general cargo

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