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Name: DERWENTDALE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/02/1883
Completed: 1883
Builder: John Readhead & Co
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 191
Dimensions: 1486grt, 908nrt, 259.5 x 36.0 x 17.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (25 & 58 x 36ins), 161nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 82961
History:
1883 P Hick Jnr, Scarborough
1892 P Hick Jnr & Co, Scarborough
1896 R Köppen, Stettin; renamed ROBERT KÖPPEN
1907 Rederi A/B Polaris (J Pettersson), Helsingborg; renamed POLARIS
1906 Svanö A/B (E Malmström), Svanö
1917 Rederi A/B Olof (John E Österlund), Norrköping
1922 Rederi A/B Polaris (Oscar Krook), Stockholm
16/01/1924 Sank
Comments: 16/01/1924: Sank after a collision with Swedish ss ALLEGRO off
Gallegrundet (Helsingborg) on a voyage from Gävle to Mokpo in ballast


Above photo as POLARIS copyright of the Robert Boman Collection