Tempo 1909

545

TEMPO

1940 - 1940

General Cargo Steamer,  Singledecker

Call: OFAN

275 GRT,  172 NRT,  410 dwt

41.13 x 6.84 x 3.50 m

Compound steam engine 2 cy.

by the Shipbuilders

123 IHP    6.5 knots

1908:

Completed by Thorskogs Mek. Verkstad, Thorskog (#180) as STÅL for the Shipyard owner Petter Larsson, Thorskog (4597).

1910:

Lengthened by 11 metres at Thorskogs Mek. Verkstad.

 Her original particulars were:

208 GRT, 134 NRT, 30.26 x 7.02 m

6.12.1912:

Sold to Sidney Boldt, Landskrona.

28.3.1915:

Sold to Holger Fischer, Kristiania, and the modified as STAAL.

1915:

Sold to R. Christensen, Lyngdal.

1916:

Sold A/S Staal, (Chr. Troye), Bergen.

1916:

Sold to Aalborgs Rederi A/S, (G. Rendbeck), Aalborg, and renamed LINDHOLM.

19.2.1918:

Sold to Dampskibsrederiet Lindholm, (Aage Lind), Kolding.

25.6.1924:

Sold to C.G. Sundby, Kolding, and renamed KONGSHOLM.

20.4.1926:

Sold to H. Hansen, Kolding.

16.8.1926:

Purchased by Johan Hartman, Liepaja /Libau on behalf of a part owners company under formation, and the vessel was renamed LAIMONS. The company was registered as M. Karklins & Co., (mgrs. G. Tidemand), Liepaja.

1930:

Wrecked in Nov. and deleted from the Latvian ship register.

1931:

Refloated in Feb. 1931 and re-entered in the Latvian register with M. Karklins & Co. as owners , but home port changed to Riga.

14.4.1933:

Sold to A/S Dampskibsselskabet Trio, (H.A. Svenningsen), København, and renamed TEMPO.

14.1.1937:

Acquired by Laiva Oy Tempo, (A.K. Seppinen), mgrs. Seppinen & Kemppi Oy, Koivisto /Björkö (Viipuri /Wiborg 3401), and renamed APOLLO.

1940:

Home port changed to Rauma /Raumo (545), as Koivisto and Viipuri were surrended after the Winter War to the Soviet Union. Laiva Oy Tempo and Seppinen & Kemppi Oy had also moved their office to Rauma.

2.12.1940:

Sold to Oy Suomi Shipping Ab, (C.S. Bergström), Helsinki /Helsingfors (863), and renamed ZEUS.

9.1944:

Seized by Germans in Norway after the brotherhood of arms had ended between Finland and Germany.

1944:

Mined on 26 Dec. in the Southern Baltic, but managed to get into Swinemünde, where beached.

Refloated after the war and broken up.

A rare Finnish ship that sailed under all the four Nordic flags.

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