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Name: SNOWFLAKE
Type: Tanker
Launched: 25/10/1893
Completed: 12/1893
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 608
Dimensions: 2710grt, 1726nrt, 294.0 x 39.6 x 19.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 37 & 60 x 42ins), 247nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 102125
History:
12/1893 Bear Creek Oil & Shipping Co Ltd (CT Bowring & Co Ltd), Liverpool
1913 SA d’Armement, d’Industrie et de Commerce, Antwerp; renamed KREMLIN
1914 The Admiralty, London (by requisition) – Royal Fleet Auxiliary
1918 SA d’Armement, d’Industrie et de Commerce, Antwerp
1922 Hvalfanger A/S Vestfold (J Rasmussen & Co), Sandefjord; renamed VELLØY
1926 Bryde & Dahl’s Hvalgangerselskab (A/S Thor Dahl), Sandefjord
1926 Renamed THORØY
1947 Cia Panamena de Nav Santa Anna SA (L Reboul & G.Couteaux), Panama
1947 Renamed ANNE DE FRANCE
12/01/1953 Broken up
Comments: 12/01/1953: Arrived for breaking up at Rosyth
13/01/1953: Breaking up commenced by Metal Industries (Salvage) Ltd


Above photo as THORØY is courtesy of Ragnar Iversen

Above photo as ANNE DE FRANCE is courtesy of Harald Fevang

Above photo as ANNE DE FRANCE is courtesy of Marine-Marchande.net

Newcastle Evening Chronicle, Thursday, 26/10/1893