Robert Scrafton
A steel barque built in 1891 by Fevigs Jernskibsbyggeri, Arendal, as yard no. 2.
Dimensions 181'×32'5"×16'3" and 737 GRT and 663 NRT.
- 1891
- Launched at the shipyard of Fevigs Jernskibsbyggeri, Arendal, for A/S Robert Scrafton (Peder Olsen), Arendal, Norway.
- 1897
- Sold to Chr. Kløckner, Arendal.
- 1906
- Sold to Th. Bentzen, Arendal.
- c1920
- Sold to A/S Lægtertrafik, Porsgrund.
- 1922 January 27
- Sold to Ture Hillerström and partners, Malmö, for NOK 70.000. Assigned the official Swedish Reg. No. 6762 and signal KDNS. The new measurements were 53,58×9,90×4,99 meters and 759 GRT, 724 NRT and 1050 DWT.
- 1924 April
- Sold to Transocean Shipping Company (F.K. Wilhjelm, Copenhagen), Thurö, Denmark, and was renamed Transocean.
- 1925 December 17
- Sold to Thos. W. Ward Ltd., Sheffield, for £ 1050 to be broken up.
- 1926
- Sold to Arthur Andersson and partners, Mariehamn. Captain K. Abrahamsson.
- 1927 April 23
- Sold to owners in Havanna for £ 2150 [2050?] to be used as a lighter.
References:
- Square-rigged ships, general references.
- Svenska järn- och stålseglare.
Båtologen Årg. 29-31 (1991-93).
- Lille, Sten & Grönstrand, Lars: Finlands djupvattenseglare.
Etelä-soumen kustannus oy, Lieto, 1979. 4to, 224 pp, ill.
Updated 1997-04-06 by
Lars Bruzelius
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