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Name: ALSTER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/03/1906
Completed: 05/1906
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 143
Dimensions: 3618grt, 2329nrt, 354.6 x 48.1 x 26.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (24.5, 40 & 67 x 45ins), 361nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (1919: 143070)
History:
05/1906 Syndicats Rhederei GmbH, Hamburg
1919 The Shipping Controller (Turnbull, Scott & Co Ltd), London
1921 Redgate Steamship Co Ltd (Turnbull, Scott & Co Ltd), London; renamed SANDGATE
1936 Stephens, Sutton Ltd, Newcastle
04/1936 Broken up
Comments: 1936: Sold to Stephens, Sutton Ltd, Newcastle for resale under ‘Scrap and Build’ scheme
25/03/1936: Arrived at Rosyth for breaking up
04/1936: Broken up at Rosyth by Metal Industries Ltd. Cost £5550