| Name: | OBERON |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 08/06/1896 |
| Completed: | 07/1896 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 646 |
| Dimensions: | 1922grt, 1201nrt, 280.0 x 38.0 x 12.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (23, 37 & 60 x 42ins), 249nhp |
| Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 07/1896 | Finska Angfartygs A/B, Helsingfors |
| 1901 | M Jebsen, Hamburg; renamed ERICA |
| 1905 | Government of Russia; renamed SHILKA |
| 1922 | Minas D Diacakis, Syra; renamed ANNA M DIACAKIS |
| 1922 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1905: Russian Government - Siberian naval flotilla at Vladivostok |
| 06/1918: In Allied and White Russian control at Vladivostok | |
| 11/1920: Made an evacuation voyage from Crimea to Bizerta | |
| 09/12/1922: Damaged by fire in cargo at Barcelona | |
| 13/12/1922: Damaged by collision with GOUVERNEUR GENERAL CHANZY | |
| On a voyage from Dakar to Marseille with a cargo of groundnuts | |
| 19/12/1922: Sank at Marseille while discharging cargo | |
| 1922: Re-floated and broken up |
Above photo as OBERON is courtesy of Hansen & Pedersen. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 09/06/1896