D/S Svanfos

Other names
ex Spes
Call sign
MCGH
Class
DNV1A1
Shipping company
Nationality
Norway flaggNorway
Home port

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1905
Yard number
232
Month of delivery
Mars

Other

  • Participant in WW1
  • Was sunk:

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
896
Net tonnage:
525

Engine

Propulsion:
Engine size:
NHK 111 IHK 611

Dimensions

Length:
216.3'
Beam:
32.1'
Draft:
13.6'
  • HISTORIKK:
    v/H.Larsson-Fedde.

    3/1905: A/S Spes (Hj.Siegwarth) Kristiania - SPES
    /1911: A/S Spes (Thor Thoresen jr.) Kristiania - SPES
    /1912: A/S Manchester (Thor Thoresen Jr.) Kristiania - SVANFOS
    2/1918: Bombet i senk 3/2 i pos. N 59.12' W 03.35' av  UB-72 (Kapitänleutnant Walter Creutzfeld ) nord av Skottland på reise Liverpool til Skien med soda aske og rundjern.

    Skipsfører:
    1917 - L. Olsen.

    Maskineri:
    Triple dampmaskin, 3cylindere, diameter 15,5”–25,0”–42,0”. Maskineri bygget ved Akers Mek. Værksted, Kristiania.

    Se også:
    https://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/5852.html

    Shipwreck location

    Latitude: 59.2
    Longitude: -3.5833