Peter Jebsen 1894

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

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Name:	PETER JEBSEN
Type:	Cargo Ship
Launched:	06/02/1894
Completed:	03/1894
Builder:	John Readhead & Sons
Yard:	West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number:	294
Dimensions:	3070grt, 1984nrt, 321.5 x 41.5 x 21.9ft
Engines:	T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 283nhp
Engines by:	John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion:	1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	n/a
History:
03/1894	Bergh & Helland, Bergen
1898	US Navy; renamed BRUTUS
07/1922	Sold

Comments:	1898: Commissioned as a US Navy fleet collier
	Allocated pennant number AC-15
	Armed with 2 x 1 x 6pdr guns
	07/1922: Sold to A Bercovich Co at Oakland presumably for breaking up