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Name: ERIVAN
Type: Tanker
Launched: 06/06/1893
Completed: 08/1893
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 673
Dimensions: 2424grt, 1631nrt, 285.0 x 38.6 x 25.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (22.5, 36.5 & 60 x 42ins), 233nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
08/1893 Soc Anon de Transports en Vrac (Ch Good), Antwerp
1901 Soc Anon d'Armement, d'Industrie et de Commerce, Antwerp
29/09/1914 The Admiralty, London - Royal Fleet Auxiliary
1919 Soc Anon d'Armement, d'Industrie et de Commerce, Antwerp
1922 A/S Tønsbergs Hvalfangeri, Tønsberg
1924 A/S Erivan (AC Olsen), Sandefjord
31/12/1924 Sank
Comments: 16/01/1915: Collided with & sank the Admiralty tug CHAR off The Downs
All crew of the CHAR died. CHAR was going to assist the ERIVAN at the time
31/12/1924: Sank after striking rocks 15 miles from Swain Island, Kerguelen
On a voyage from Kerguelen via Table Bay for Europe with a cargo of whale oil


Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 08/06/1893