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Name: YORK MINSTER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 20/08/1883
Completed: 11/1883
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 510
Dimensions: 1514grt, 960nrt, 250.7 x 35.3 x 17.3ft
Engines: C2cyl (30 & 58 x 36ins), 150nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 84889
History:
11/1883 Thompson & Pattinson, Newcastle
26/11/1883 James Knott, North Shields; renamed BLACK PRINCE
1895 Prince Line (1895) Ltd (James Knott), North Shields
1896 D/S Heimdal (M Carl), Copenhagen; renamed KAMMA
1907 Rederi A/B Henckel (NP Swensson), Helsingborg
1916 Rederi A/B Hallandia (Oscar Thorstensson), Halmstad
22/01/1917 Sank
Comments: 22/01/1917: Sank after being mined in Blyth Roads
On a voyage from Gävle to Rouen with a cargo of timber
Mine was laid by U-Boat UC40 on 17/01/1917


Above photo as KAMMA is copyright of the Museet for Søfart

Above photo as KAMMA is copyright of the Museet for Søfart

Above photo as KAMMA is copyright of the Museet for Søfart

Above photo as KAMMA courtesy of the Robert Bomans collection