Category:Helvetia (ship, 1889)

Ship[edit]

• Type: General cargo ship
• Built by: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company, Willington Quay, England
• Yard No: 68
• Keel laid:
• Launched: 1888.11.20
• Completed: 1889.01
• Length over all: 316.0 ft
• Beam: 40.0 ft
• GRT: 2825
• DWT:
• www.tynebuiltships.co.uk
• www.theshipslist.com

History[edit]

• 1889 Named Helvetia; Flag: Germany
  • Call sign: RHLQ
  • Port: Hamburg
  • Owner: Hamburg-America Line
• 1907 Sold to Seetransport GmbH, Hamburg; renamed Hermersberg
• 1909 Sold to Rhederei-Vereinigung GmbH, Hamburg
  • Call sign: RHLQ
  • Port: Hamburg
• 1911 Sold to Dampfs Rhed "Merkur" GmbH (Emil R Retzlaff), Stettin
  • Call sign: RHLQ
  • Port: Stettin
• 1915.05 Requisitioned by the Italian Government at Genoa
  • Managed by Italian State Railways
• 1916.05.30 Torpedoed and sunk by German SM U-39 50 miles west of Cape Bougaroni