Sjøhistorie

Jernbark 4 master Falls of Afton

Other names
ex Francesco Giuseppe I, ex Falls of Afton
Call sign
WHLC
Shipping company
Alexander Bech, Tvedestrand
Knut Th. Einersen, Kristiania / Oslo
Nationality
Norway flaggNorway
Home port
Tvedestrand
Kristiania / Oslo
Enlistment district
Tvedestrand
Kristiania

Shipyard

Name
Russell & Co., Greenock, UK
Build year
1882
Yard number
46
Month of delivery
februar

Other

  • Participant in WW1
  • Was sunk:

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
1.965
Net tonnage:
1.810

Engine

Dimensions

Length:
276.7'
Beam:
41.0'
Draft:
23.7'
  • Miscellaneous

    1. H.Larsson-Feddes samling
      Image 1 of 2

    HISTORIKK:
    v/H.Larsson-Fedde.

    2/1882: Ship Falls of Afton Co. Ltd (Wright & Breakenridge) Glasgow, U.K - FALLS OF AFTON
    /1893: Ship Falls of Afton Co. Ltd. (Wright, Graham & Co) Glasgow, U.K. - FALLS OF AFTON
    /1901: F.G. Leva, Lussingrande, Østerrike-Ungarn - FRANCESCO GIUSEPPE I
    9/1907: A/S Falls of Afton (Alexander Bech) Tvedestrand - FALLS OF AFTON
    9/1916: Einersens Rederi A/S(K. Th. Einersen) Kristiania - FALLS OF AFTON
    2/1017: Senket 20/2 i pos. N 49.50' W 05.55' av tysk ubåt UC 17 (Kapitänleutnant Ralph Wenninger) - 8 kvm. SW av Wolf Rock på reise Buenos Aires til Rotterdam med linfrø.

    Skipsførere:
    1907 - 1911: A.Hagen
    1911 - 1915: Anton Olsen
    1915 - 1916: Th.Thorsen
    1916 - 1917: Anton Olsen
    1917: Oscar Pedersen


    Se også:
    https://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/2115.html

    Shipwreck location

    Latitude: 49.833333
    Longitude: -5.916667

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