D/S Rigel

Other names
ex Ramstad,ex Soutra
Call sign
MLCG
Shipping company
Nationality
Norway flaggNorway
Home port
Enlistment district

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1906
Yard number
270
Month of delivery
Oktober

Other

  • Participant in WW1
  • Was sunk:

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
2.761
Net tonnage:
1.772

Engine

Propulsion:
Engine size:
NHK 282

Dimensions

Length:
315.0'
Beam:
46.2'
Draft:
21.1'
  • HISTORIKK:
    v/H.Larsson-Fedde.

    10/1906: Soutra S.S.Co.Ltd (Japp & Kirkby) Liverpool,U.K. - SOUTRA
    /1911: Hjalmar Røeds D/S A/S (Hjalmar Røed & Co) Tønsberg - SOUTRA
    4/1915: Skips A/S Strømsbo (Grefstad & Herlofson) Arendal - RAMSTAD
    11/1915: A/S KLosters Rederi (L.KLoster) Stavanger - RAMSTAD
    12/1915: omdøpt - RIGEL
    8/1916: Bugge & Olsens Rederi A/S (Bugge & Olsen) Larvik - RIGEL
    1/1917: Senket 31/1 av tysk ubåt U-43 (Kapitänleutnant Hellmuth Jürst) 60 kvm.NW av Cap Villano på reise Newport Mon.til Lisboa med kull

    Skipsfører:
    1917 - B.M. Bjoland.

    Maskineri:
    Triple dampmaskin 3-sylinder, diameter, 23,0”–38,0”–61,0”. Maskineri bygget ved Clyde Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd, Port Glasgow, Scotland.  Kjeler samme.

    Se også:
    https://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/7345.html