SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | CHRIS (SN118) |
| Type | Drifter |
| Yard Number | 440 |
| Launched | 25/05/1910 |
| Completed | 1910 |
| Off. Number | 127108 |
| Engine builder | Smith's Docks |
| Engine type | S |
| GRT | 85 |
| Length (feet) | 80.0 |
| Beam (feet) | 18.2 |
| First owner | R. Irvin & Sons, N. Shields |
| History | 02/1915-1919 Admiralty requisition, AA & Net layer. (Adm. no. 740) |
| 1932 RAMBLER ROSE (BF263), 81grt. | |
| 27/03/1940-12/04/1946 Requisitioned by Admiralty as Examination Service vessel. | |
| 1947 Sold to Jens Andersen Partrederi, Kragerøy | |
| 1949 GRETA-ANN (possibly re-engined), | |
| 1951 Converted to motor cargo ship, fitted 1933 built 110hp diesel. | |
| 1962 VESTREVÅG, Nils Hummelsund, Klokkarvik. | |
| 1964 To Martin Stabben, Kristiansund. | |
| 1966 SAGHOLM | |
| 1967 ENGØYBUEN (109grt) Kristoffer Kristenzen, Stavanger (dredging sand & gravel) | |
| 1993 Sold to Marina & Lothar Primas, Buchholz, Germany, for re-construction as a sailing vessel. | |
| (2002 under re-construction at Hamburg.) | |
| Fate |
Photos of the vessel as ENGØYBUEN and RAMBLER ROSE can be found on a
Norwegian forum site here.
and as ENGØYBUEN on TERMALOMA.
Her history is also summarised in this European Maritime Heritage Newsletter. Scroll down to RAMBLER ROSE.
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