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Name: STORSTAD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 04/10/1910
Completed: 01/1911
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 824
Dimensions: 6028grt, 3561nrt, 440.0 x 58.1 x 24.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (28.5, 47 & 78 x 54ins), 447nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1911 A/S Maritim (AF Klaveness & Co), Christiania
1915 Klaveness Dampsk A/S (AF Klaveness & Co), Christiania
08/03/1917 Sank
Comments: 29/05/1914: Collided with & sank EMPRESS OF IRELAND in the St Lawrence River
in thick fog below Father Point. 1012 lives were lost as the liner sank quickly
STORSTAD was found to have been "negligently navigated"
08/03/1917: Sank after being captured, shelled and torpedoed by
U-Boat U62 when 45 miles WSW of Fastnet at position 51.20N - 11.50W
On a voyage from Buenos Aires to Rotterdam with maize (Belgian Relief cargo)


Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums

Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums

Above photo shows STORSTAD at Montreal after the collision with EMPRESS OF IRELAND

Above photo shows STORSTAD at Montreal after the collision with EMPRESS OF IRELAND