Songvand

Type:

Seilskip,fullrigger, jernskrog
sail ship, full-rigged, iron hull.

Off.no:

1087909

Flagg (flag):

NOR

Havn (port):

Kristiansand

Byggeår (year built):

1883/10

Bnr (Sno).:

212

Bygger (yard):

Oswald, Mordaunt & Co., Woolston, Southampton, England.

Eier (owner):

Skibs-A/S Songvand, Kristiansand.

Disponent (manager):

Sven O. Stray & Co., Kristiansand.

Klasse (Class).:

Lloyd’s +100A1

Tonnasje (Tonnage):

2.205 brt, 2.025 nrt.

Dimensjoner (size):

L: 289,5’-B: 40,4’-D: 24.5’.

Lasthåndteringsyst.
(cargo handling):

Kjølemaskineri
(Ref. machinery):

Navigasjonsutstyr:

Manøversystemer
(syst. for manouvering):

Dekksmaskineri
(deck machinery):

Kommunikasjonsutstyr
(comm. equipm.):

Kallesignal (Call sign):

WJSR

Fremdrift (propulsion):

Seil, rigget som fullrigger.

Fart/forbr. (speed/cons.):

Hjelpemaskineri (aux):

Tot. el. kraft (el. power):

Kjeler (boiler):

Bemanning (crew):

Skipsførere:
R. B. Fjeldal 1913-
Theodor Thormodsen -1917

Historikk:

1883 Bygget som fullrigger CRESSINGTON av Oswald, Mordaunt & Co., Woolston, Southampton, England for Sailing Ship Cressington Ltd (R. W. Leyland & Co.), Liverpool, England. Sjøsatt 06/10.
1897 Solgt til Leyland Shipping Co. Ltd (R. W. Leyland & Co.), Liverpool.
1900 Solgt til E. F. & W. Roberts, Liverpool.
1903 Solgt til Fratelli Repetto, Genova, Italia.
1913 Solgt til Skibs-A/S Songvand (Sven O. Stray & Co.), Kristiansand. Omdøpt til SONGVAND.
1916 Solgt til A/S Christianssand (Sven O. Stray & Co.), Kristiansand.
1917 Stanset, sprengt og senket 04/06 av den tyske ubåten UC 29 (Obeleutnant zur See Ernst Rosenow) ca. 85 nm syd-vest til vest for Bishop Rock, Scilly, Cornwall mens hun var på reise fra Barry, Wales to Santos, Brasil med kull.
Kaptein Theodor Thormodsen og resten av mannskapet forlot skipet i livbåtene. De ble tatt opp etter 3 døgn av den britiske fiskebåten OUR BOYS av Newlyn, Cornwall og landsatt i Penzance, Cornwall.
Krigsforsikring NOK 550.000.

History in English:

1883 Built as full-rigged ship CRESSINGTON by Oswald, Mordaunt & Co., Woolston, Southampton, England for Sailing Ship Cressington Ltd (R. W. Leyland & Co.), Liverpool, England. Launched 06/10.
1897 Sold to Leyland Shipping Co. Ltd (R. W. Leyland & Co.), Liverpool.
1900 Sold to E. F. & W. Roberts, Liverpool.
1903 Sold to Fratelli Repetto, Genoa, Italy.
1913 Sold to Skibs-A/S Songvand (Sven O. Stray & Co.), Kristiansand. Renamed SONGVAND.
1916 Sold to A/S Christianssand (Sven O. Stray & Co.), Kristiansand.
1917 Captured and sunk with explosive charges 04/06 by the German submarine UC 29 (Obeleutnant zur See Ernst Rosenow) abt. 85 nm south-west by west of for Bishop Rock, Scilly, Cornwall whilst on voyage from Barry, Wales to Santos, Brazil with coal.
Captain Theodor Thormodsen and his crew left the vessel in the lifeboats. They were taken up after 3 days by the British fishing boat OUR BOYS of Newlyn, Cornwall and landed in Penzance, Cornwall.
War insurance NOK 550.000.