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Name: ENGLAND
Type: Cargo ship
Launched: 07/12/1889
Completed: 01/1890
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 33
Dimensions: 809grt, 626nrt, 200.0 x 28.2 x 12.6ft; (1897: 1014grt, 238.9ft)
Engines: T3cyl (15, 25 & 41 x 36ins), 98nhp
Engines by: Alley & McLellan Ltd, Glasgow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
01/1890 D/S Nordsøen (A Christensen), Copenhagen
1914 Dansk Engelsk D/S (A Christensen), Copenhagen
1915 D/S Nakskov A/S (Caspar Andreas), Nakskov; renamed FREDSHOLM
1915 D/S A/S Mineral (B Schattenstein), Narvik; renamed MINERAL
1923 Red A/B Hvitra (C Hviid-Nielsen), Halmstad; renamed HVITRA
1929 Ubaldo Gennari fu Torquato, Rimini; renamed TORQUATO GENNARI
29/12/1942 Sank
Comments: 1897: Lengthened to 238.9ft, 1014grt
29/12/1942: Sank after being torpedoed by British submarine HMS SAFARI
16 miles south of No 8 Buoy in the Kerkennah Channel on a voyage from Tripoli to Trapani


Above photo as ENGLAND copyright of the Simon Bang Collection

Above photo as HVITRA copyright of Gävle Port Management