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Name: VALDEMAR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/11/1866
Completed: 12/1866
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 80
Dimensions: 681grt, 528nrt, 219.2 x 28.2 x 16.4ft
Engines: 2cyl (38 & 38 x 30ins), 360hp; (1875: C2cyl (25 & 48 x 30ins), 350hp)
Engines by: Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle; (1875: Burmeister & Wain)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 56757
History:
21/01/1867 Andrew Leslie; registered at London
01/1867 Det Forenede D/S, Copenhagen
27/11/1908 Wrecked
Comments: Ordered & launched for Anglo Danish & Baltic Steam Navigation Co Ltd
However not delivered due to financial problems, so first registered with shipbuilder
1875: Rebuilt and re-engined by Burmeister & Wain’s Mask og Skibs, Copenhagen
27/11/1908: Wrecked at Onglasskaeret, Jaederen west of Rauna
On a voyage from Kristiansand to Stavanger


Above photo is courtesy of the Museet for Sofarts