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Name: POLARSTJERNEN launched as GLORIANA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 25/03/1898
Completed: 07/1898
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 232
Dimensions: 3777grt, 2199nrt, 330.0 x 45.3 x 18.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 293hp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
07/1898 A/S D/S Urania (A Christensen), Copenhagen
1915 Torp & Wiese, Bergen; renamed BORGHILD
1920 A/S D/S Borghild (Torp & Wiese)
1924 A/S D/S India (Torp & Wiese)
1927 Managers Wiese & Meidell; renamed EUROS
1932 Rosenberg Mek Verks, Stavanger
1933 D/A A/S Transport (Valdemar Skogland), Haugesund
20/06/1934 Broken up
Comments: Launched as GLORIANA for the British Maritime Trust
20/06/1934: Arrived at Savona for breaking


Above photo as POLARSTJERNEN is copyright of the Museet for Søfart

The Marine Engineer 01/05/1898