RICHARDSON, DUCK & COMPANY, THORNABY

Name NORDBOEN
Type Cargo steamship
Yard Number 478
Launched 11/06/1896 as IBERIA for A. C. de Freitas & Co., Hamburg.
Completed 10/1896
Off. Number  
Engine builder Blair & Co., Stockton-on-Tees
Engine type T 3 cyl.
GRT 2404
Length (feet) 310
Beam (feet) 44
First owner A/S D/S Norden (P. Brown), Copenhagen.
   
Fate 18/08/1918 captured by UB.48 and scuttled 30 miles from Palamos near Barcelona in position 41.20N, 03.48E. She was on a ballast voyage from Genoa to Gibraltar.

For a photo, see the U Boat website.

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