Weissenfels 1899

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Name:	WEISSENFELS
Type:	Cargo Ship
Launched:	27/04/1899
Completed:	07/06/1899
Builder:	Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard:	Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number:	357
Dimensions:	3926grt, 2522nrt, 5909dwt, 358.0 x 46.1 x 19.5ft
Engines:	Q4cyl (23, 31.5, 48 & 71 x 54ins), 418nhp
Engines by:	Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion:	1 x Screw, 12.5knots (trials)
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	n/a; (1919: 143198)
History:
07/06/1899	Deutsche Dampfs Ges "Hansa", Bremen
03/1914	D Fuhrmann, Nissle & Gunther Nachf, Hamburg; renamed WEISSENFELDE
1919	The Shipping Controller (H Hogarth & Sons, managers), London
1920	SA Asmar, Belgium
1922	Ch De Cort & F Verschueren, Belgium
1922	W Schuchmann, Geestemunde; renamed OSTEE
11/10/1927	Broken up

Comments:	Contract Price £56180; Profit £5765-13s-9d
	1919: Allocated to the UK as part of War Reparations
	1920: Re-allocated to the Government of Belgium
	21/05/1927: Stranded at Point Cires, Gibraltar
	On a voyage from Rotterdam to Venice with a cargo of coal
	Subsequently refloated
	11/10/1927: Broken up at Bilbao