D/S Cassiopeia

Call sign
MDBR
Shipping company
Nationality
Norway flaggNorway
Home port

Shipyard

Name
Build year
1906
Yard number
167
Month of delivery
desember

Other

  • Participant in WW1

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
1.654
Net tonnage:
987
Deadweight:
2.720

Engine

Propulsion:
Engine size:
NHK 219 IHK 1100

Dimensions

Length:
270.2'
Beam:
39.2'
Draft:
17.2'
  • HISTORIKK:
    v/H.Larsson-Fedde.

    12/1906: A/S Cassiopeia(L.Castberg)Kristiania - CASSIOPEIA
    /1912: A/S Cassiopeia(Lauritz Kloster)Stavanger - CASSIOPEIA
    2/1915: A/S Excelsior(S.O.Stray & Co)Kristiansand S - SELMA
    10/1915: Minesprengt 25/10 i pos. 35 n.m.ENE av North Foreland på reise Middlesbrough til Nantes med jern.19 personer omkom.Sank meget raskt.Tysk ubåt UC-3(Oberleutnant zur See Erwin Wassner)  hadde lagt minen.

    Maskineri:
    dampmaskin (steam reciprocating), triple exp., 3-sylinder, syl. diam.: 20,.5"-33.0"-56.0". Maskineri bygget ved Nylands Verksted, Kristiania. Kjeler samme.

    Se også:
    https://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/5515.html