RICHARDSON, DUCK & COMPANY, THORNABY

Name HAWKHURST
Type Steel steamship
Yard Number 356
Launched 20/09/1888
Completed 10/1888
Off. Number 95478
Engine builder T. Richardson & Sons, Hartlepool
Engine type T. 3 cyl.
GRT 2340
Length (feet) 297
Beam (feet) 40
First owner Hawkhurst S.S. Co. Ltd. (Carlisle & Co.), London.
   
History 1898 FOS, Alf Monsen, Tønsberg.
  1911 BOSBØN, Th. Laurantzon, Tønsberg.
  1914 FRIXOS, Rederi A/B Argonaut (H. Wilen), Turku (Åbo).
  1917 manager Alex. G. Zachariassen
   
Fate 13/04/1917 Torpedoed by U.30 E of Shetlands at 60.04N/00.45E, on voyage from Port Romanoff to U.K.

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