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Name: CITY OF EXETER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/06/1859
Completed: 08/1859
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 85
Dimensions: 280grt, 190nrt, 150.6 x 22.3 x 11.5ft; (by 1890: 272grt, 196nrt, 148.3 x 21.6 x 11.6ft)
Engines: Steam, 55hp; (by 1890: C2cyl (450 & 890 x 500mm), 45nhp
Engines by: (by 1889: Moller & Holberg, Stettin)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 27672
History:
05/08/1859 J Forster & Co, Newcastle; registered at Teignmouth
1861 Neue Dampfer-Compagnie AG, Stettin; renamed VINETA
1897 Knut Knutsen OAS, Haugesund; renamed FRITHJOF
02/12/1900 Wrecked
Comments: by 1889: Re-engined
1897: Also seen as named FRIDTHJOV
02/12/1900: Wrecked outside Bukholmen, Norway
On a voyage from Aalesund to Hull with a cargo of herrings


Lloyd's List, Thursday, 06/12/1900