An item reported that the Norwegian steamship (ex-Ingrid, Ubbergen) Merok of 1.914 gross tons and built at West Hartlepool, England in 1912 was sold by the Skibs A/S Morold/Mr. Einar Lange, Oslo, Norway on a public auction to a shipping company at London, England. She was renamed Cornelis Lensen and chartered for the Russian timber transport.