Gross register tonnage 5,459 tons, under deck 5,246 tons, net tonnage 3,433 tons and as dimensions 132.6 x 14.1 x 10.1 metres or 435.0 x 46.4 x 25.2 feet. Built by Palmer’s Shipbuilding&Iron Co. Ltd., Newcastle, England with yard number 651 in 1891 as a cargo ship for National Steam Navigation Co., National Line, Liverpool, England, since 1907 owner Atlantic Transport Co. Ltd., Atlantic Transport Line, London, since 1911 of Andersen Thøger, Larvik, Norway and since 1913 of Virik Haldor, Sandefjord, Norway and on 27 January 1915 underway from Cardiff, England to the South Shetlands loaded with whale oil caught fire and lost at Oddharbour, South Shetlands with 16,615 barrels oil. The Dutch newspaper De Maasbode dated 21 February 1915 reported 1,700 barrels. Hr crew was saved. Call sign MHLQ.
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