Category:Afonwen (ship, 1897)

SS Afonwen 

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Ship[edit]

• Type: General cargo steamship
• Built by: J Readhead & Sons, South Shields
• Yard No: 326
• Keel laid:
• Launched: 1897.08.11
• Completed: 1897.09
• Length over all: 326.2 ft
• Beam: 47.1 ft
• GT: 3324
• DWT: 5700
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History[edit]

• 1897 Named Afonwen; Flag: United Kingdom
  • Official number: 105191
  • Call sign: PVBK
  • Port: Cardiff
  • Owner: Afonwen Steamship Co Ltd
• 1904 Owner: W & CT Jones Steamship Co Ltd
  • Call sign: PVBK
  • Port: Cardiff
• 1912 Renamed Leonidas Cambanis; Flag: Greece
  • Call sign: HSWR
  • Port: Andros
  • Owner: EC Embiricos
• 1915.01 Renamed Gotland; Flag: Denmark
  • Port: Copenhagen
  • Owner: A/S D/S Gotland
• 1915.09 Renamed Muskegon; Flag: United States
  • Official number: 213636
  • Call sign: LFPG
  • Port: New York
  • Owner: Muskegon SS Corp
  • Manager: American Transatlantic Co Inc, New York
• 1918 Owner: Foreign Transport & Mercantile Corp, New York
• 1919 Owner: American Transatlantic Co Inc, New York
• 1920 Owner: Foreign Transport & Mercantile Corp, New York
• 1921 Owner: American Transatlantic Co Inc, New York
• 1922 Owner: Muskegon SS Corp, New York
• 1923 Owner: Foreign Transport & Mercantile Corp, New York
• 1924.06 Renamed Kirsten Jensen; Flag: Denmark
  • Call sign: NFMR
  • Port: Copenhagen
  • Owner: A/S D/S Kirsten Jensen
• 1924.09.02 Caught fire at Tommy's Arm, Silverdale, Green Bay, Newfoundland, and condemned
• 1925.09.23 Broken up in Genoa
  • Renamed Afonwen, Flag: Italy, Port: Genoa for breaking