D/S Borgsten

Call sign
MJSW
Shipping company
Nationality
Norway flaggNorway
Home port

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1913
Yard number
235
Month of delivery
Oktober

Other

  • Participant in WW1
  • Was sunk:

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
1.718
Net tonnage:
998
Deadweight:
2.730

Engine

Propulsion:
Engine size:
NNK189 IHK1039

Dimensions

Length:
264.9'
Beam:
40.2'
Draft:
18.6'
  • HISTORIKK:
    v/H. Larsson-Fedde.

    10/1913: Levert som BORGSTEN til A/S Borgå ( Petter Olsen ) Kristiania
    12/1917: Torpedert og senket 19/12-1917 av tysk ubåt UC 64( Oberleutnant zur See Erich Hecht )  i pos. N 50.12', W 01.23' -30 kvm .SW av Barfleur, på reise Rouen - Newport Mon. i ballast. Gikk i konvoi Rouen - Cherbourg. Alle reddet.

    Se også:
    https://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/869.html