Colbert

A steel barque built in 1895 by Ateliers & Chantiers de la Loire, St Nazaire. Dimensions: 237'3"×36'7"×22'2" and tonnage: 1551 GRT, 1419 NRT and 2300 DWT.

1895: Launched at the shipyard of Ateliers & Chantiers de la Loire, St Nazaire, for A. Viot, Nantes. Assigned the official French Registration No. ____ and signal ____.
1904: Sold to Rederi AB Diana (Ferd. Nätterqvist), Hernösand, for £ 6550 and was renamed Danaë. Assigned the official Swedish Registration No. 4299 and signal JNTD.
1908: Sold to G.C. Brøvig, Farsund, Norway, for SEK 75.000 and was renamed Ketty.
1915: Sold to A/S Excelsior (S.O. Stray & Co.), Christiansand, and was renamed Silius.
1916 March 9: Torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB 18 while at anchor on the Le Havre roads.

References:

Svenska järn- coh stålseglare.
Båtologen Årg. 30 (1992).

Updated 1997-04-05 by Lars Bruzelius

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