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Name: BJØRGVIN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/04/1891
Completed: 06/1891
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 270
Dimensions: 2795grt, 1785nrt, 230.0 x 41.6 x 21.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61.5 x 39ins), 234nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
06/1891 Bergh & Helland, Bergen
1902 D/S Bjørgvin’s Rederi (Bergh & Helland)
02/01/1915 Sank
Comments: 02/01/1915: Foundered 60 miles north of Rockall
On a voyage from New York to Gothenburg with general cargo