Glenesk

Type:

Seilskip, bark, stålskrog
sail ship, barque, steel hull.

Off.no:

1096406

Flagg (flag):

NOR

Havn (port):

Farsund

Byggeår (year built):

1890/01

Bnr (Sno).:

222

Bygger (yard):

Russell & Co., Port Glasgow, Scotland.

Eier (owner):

Jens Samuelsen & Benjamin Olsen, Farsund.

Disponent (manager):

Jens Samuelsen, Farsund.

Klasse (Class).:

Lloyd’s +100A1.

Tonnasje (Tonnage):

2.200 tdw, 1.369 brt, 1.267 nrt.

Dimensjoner (size):

L: 231,8’-B: 36,1’-D: 21,7’.

Lasthåndteringsyst.
(cargo handling):

Kjølemaskineri
(Ref. machinery):

Navigasjonsutstyr:

Manøversystemer
(syst. for manouvering):

Dekksmaskineri
(deck machinery):

Kommunikasjonsutstyr
(comm. equipm.):

Kallesignal (Call sign):

WJLN

Fremdrift (propulsion):

Seil, rigget som bark.

Fart/forbr. (speed/cons.):

Hjelpemaskineri (aux):

Tot. el. kraft (el. power):

Kjeler (boiler):

Bemanning (crew):

Skipsførere :
S. Tønnessen 1911–13.
G. Larsen 1913–15.
P. Johnsen 1915–17.

Historikk:

1890 Bygget som bark GLENESK av Russell & Co., Port
Glasgow, Scotland for Dundee Shipowners’ Co. Ltd (W. O.
Taylor & Co.), Dundee, Scotland.
1898 Solgt til Dundee Shipowning Co. Ltd (W. O. Taylor &
Co.), Dundee.
1911 Solgt i november for GBP 2.400 til Jens Samuelsen &
Benjamin Olsen, Farsund.
1915 Solgt 13/08 for NOK 122.000 til A/S Glenesk (Hagbart
Torjusen), Mandal.
Videresolgt 15/12 for NOK 220.000 til H. Westfal-Larsen m. fl.,
Bergen.
1917 Solgt i januar til A/S Glenesk (Einar Noer), Sandefjord.
Stanset, sprengt og senket 25/04 av den tyske ubåten U 81
(Oberleutnant zur See Raimund Weisbach) ca. 75 nm VNV av
Eagle Island, Irland mens hun var på reise fra Grenock,
Scotland til New York, NY, USA, i ballast.
Kaptein Carl Fredrik Himson Christiansen og mannskapet forlot
skipet i livbåtene. De kom i land i Schotport like ved Eagle
Island fyr.

History in English:

1890 Built as Barque GLENESK by Russell & Co., Port
Glasgow, Scotland for Dundee Shipowners’ Co., Ltd. (W. O.
Taylor & Co.), Dundee, Scotland.
1898 Sold to Dundee Shipowning Co., Ltd. (W. O. Taylor &
Co.), Dundee.
1911 Sold in November for GBP 2.400 to Jens Samuelsen &
Benjamin Olsen, Farsund.
1915 Sold 13/08 for NOK 122.000 to A/S Glenesk (Hagbart
Torjusen), Mandal.
Re-sold 15/12 for NOK 220.000 to H. Westfal-Larsen et. al.,
Bergen.
1917 Sold in January to A/S Glenesk (Einar Noer), Sandefjord.
Captured and sunk with explosives 25/04 by the German
submarine U 81 (Oberleutnant zur See Raimund Weisbach)
abt. 75 nm WNW of Eagle Island, Ireland whilst on a voyage
from Greenock, Scotland to New York, NY, USA, in ballast.
Captain Carl Fredrik Himson Christiansen and his crew
abandoned in the lifeboats. They landed in Schotport near
Eagle Island lighthouse.