History | |
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Name | Rosalind |
Owner | CF Jackson & Co, Newcastle |
Builder | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co, Willington Quay |
Yard number | 18 |
Launched | 21 June 1879 |
Christened | 21 June 1879 |
Completed | August 1879 |
Out of service | 21 May 1918 |
Fate | Sunk by mine off the coast of Sweden |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cargo ship |
Tonnage | |
Length | 220 ft 0 in (67.06 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 7 in (9.32 m) |
Depth | 15 ft 0 in (4.57 m) |
Propulsion | Two cylinder compound, 98 hp (73 kW), single propeller |
Sail plan | Schooner |
Speed | 9 kn (17 km/h) |
Crew | 17 |
SS Rosalind was a cargo ship built by Tyne Iron Shipbuilding of Willington Quay and launched in 1879. She operated as a cargo carrier based at Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1907, she was sold to a Swedish operator named N P Shensson and sailed the Baltic Sea until May 1918 when she was sunk by a mine.
Rosalind was built by Tyne Iron Shipbuilding of Willington Quay on the north bank of the River Tyne, and launched in 1879. [1] She was a steam powered cargo ship with a schooner sailing rig, of 705.28 Gross register tonnage and of 608.84 net register tonnage. [2] Her power plant was a two-cylinder compound engine capable of producing 98 hp (73 kW). [3] The ship was designed to sail on international waters, and is known to have run between Middlesbrough and Bilbao and Copenhagen and Söderhamn. [4] [2] Crew was typically 17, led by a master. Full speed was 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph). [2] The ship operated with International Signal Code SPVN. [5]
The vessel was initially operated by C F Jackson and Co until 1884. She was then transferred to A P Harrison & Co. [3] The company subsequently created Rosalind Steamship Co in 1898, and then handed her to Austin Eliot & Co in 1905. [6] In 1907, Rosalind was sold to the Swedish company N P Shensson of Helsingborg, who subsequently sold the ship to Rederi AB Valla (Otto Hillerström) in 1915. [4] The Rosalind Steamship Company was wound up on 9 January 1908 soon after the sale. [7] The ship operated as part of Sweden's mercantile fleet during World War I.
Rosalind was carrying ballast from Copenhagen to Söderhamn on 21 May 1918 when she struck a mine 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Stockholm and sank. [4]