| Name: | PRINS OSCAR also seen as PRINS OSKAR |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 14/12/1868 |
| Completed: | 02/1869 |
| Builder: | Schlesinger, Davis & Co |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 17 |
| Dimensions: | 1224grt, 990nrt, 235.4 x 28.8 x 15.1ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl (40 & 40 x 30ins), 100hp; (1879: C2cyl (28 & 50 x 33ins), 75hp); |
| (1900: T3cyl (16.75, 26 & 50 x 33ins), 136nhp) | |
| Engines by: | Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle; (1879: T Clark & Co, Newcastle); |
| (1900: Lindholmens M/V, Gothenburg) | |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | |
| History: | |
| 1868 | William E Bott & Co, Gothenburg |
| 1882 | SS Nav Co, Thule, Gothenburg |
| 04/1894 | A/A Tirfing (A.Brostrom & Son, managers), Gothenburg |
| 10/1904 | Rederi A/B Transport (JE Olsen), Gothenburg |
| 08/1917 | Erik Öberg, Stockholm |
| 12/1917 | EK Thorsson, Helsingborg |
| 12/1917 | L Corfitzon, Helsingborg |
| 09/1918 | Rederi Ab Ingvar, Malmö; renamed INGVAR |
| 05/1925 | Klas August Andersson, Karlskrona; renamed RAGNAR |
| 11/1939 | Rederi A/B Strim (Sven Salen, manager); renamed EMMA |
| 03/06/1940 | Sank |
| Comments: | Fitted with a light awning deck to protect cattle carried on the main deck |
| 1879: Re-engined by T Clark & Co at Newcastle | |
| 1900: Re-engined by Lindholmens M/V at Gothenburg | |
| 03/06/1940: Sank after a collision with HEBE off the Downs | |
| On a voyage from Hull to Brest with a cargo of coal |
Above photo as PRINS OSCAR is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as RAGNAR is courtesy of Photoship
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Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 06/02/1869