Taurus 1903

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TAURUS    

1913 - 1919

General Cargo Motorship, Singledecker

Call: SQWB     LR# 5105348

258 GRT,  193 NRT,  350 dwt

30.88 x 6.90 x 3.58 m

Diesel Engine 2 SA 4 cy.

by A.B. Atlas Diesel, avd. Diesel´s Motorer, Stockholm

110 BHP    - knots

14.7.1908:

Completed by  Oscarshamns Mek. Verkstad och Skeppsdocka A.B., Oskarshamn (#234) as SNAPP for Ångfartygs A.B. Alvar, (Gustaf Lindegren), Stockholm.  (4885)

9.10.1910:

Acquired after the owners´ bankruptcy by Finska Ångfartygs A.B., Helsinki /Helsingfors (297), and renamed TAURUS.

The first diesel-engined ship in Finland.

29.8.1913:

Sold to Axel Lundberg, Rauma /Raumo (217) with delivery on 7 Sep.

27.3.1919:

Sold at auction to Axel L. Lundberg (previous owner´s son), Helsinki (487). BoS signed on 6 May 1919.

30.12.1919:

Sold to A/S De danske Sukkerfabrikker, Kjøbenhavn, and renamed ERIK.

1920:

Home port changed to Nakskov.

1922:

Home port changed to Odense.

1928:

Lengthened by 6.92 m at A/S Burmeister & Wain´s Maskin og Skibsbyggeri, Kjøbenhavn. New particulars:

300 GRT, 163 NRT, 375 dwt,

37.80 x 6.89 x 3.35 m

1928:

Simultaneously a new diesel engine installed:

4 SA 3 cy. by A/S Burmeister & Wain´s Maskin og Skibsbyggeri, Kjøbenhavn.      185 BHP     6 knots

Original engine taken to Stockholm, where at present on display in the Technical Museum.

~1950:

Home port changed to Assens.

1954:

New Diesel engine installed: 2 SA 5 cy. Alpha

by Frederikshavn Jernstøberi & Maskinfabrik A/S, Frederikshavn

290 BHP / 213 kW     9 knots                              

11.5.1962:

Sold to Partrederi A. Mortensen og O. Gregersen, (Arne Chr. Mortensen), Fur.

11.1966:

Taken over by Otto Gregersen, Fur.

2.1969:

Sold to Partrederi Carl J.G. Nielsen, Rønne, and renamed BENDY.

10.1980:

Sold through Poul Nielsen to Yacoob Ally, Georgetown, Demerara, Guyana.

1989:

Deleted from Lloyd´s Register with note: "Delete entry - Vessel´s continued existence in doubt".

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