Category:Arsterturm (ship, 1911)

Ship[edit]

• Type: Passenger / cargo ship
• Built by: Joh. C. Tecklenborg A.-G., Geestemünde
• Yard No: 238
• Keel laid:
• Launched: 1910.12.14
• Completed: 1911.01.10
• Length over all: 122.30 m
• Beam: 16.00 m
• GT: 5035
• DWT: 7723
• Sister ships: Warturm, Imkenturm, Pagenturm, Adamsturm, Schildturm, Steinturm
• www.ddghansa-shipsphotos.de
• plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk
• www.theshipslist.com
• www.mariners-list.com

History[edit]

• 1911 Named Arsterturm; Flag: Germany
  • Call sign: QJVF
  • Port: Bremen
  • Owner: DDG Hansa
• 1914.08 Interned in Sabang, Netherlands East Indies, for World War I
• 1919.09 Flag: United Kingdom
  • Turned over to the UK as war reparation
  • Call sign: KFBP
  • Port: London
  • Owner: The Shipping Controller
  • Manager: British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd
• 1920 Renamed Whitegate; Flag: United Kingdom
  • Call sign: KFBP, from 1934 GCXK
  • Port: London
  • Owner: Turnbull, Scott Shipping Co. Ltd., London
• 1930 Laid up on the Tyne
• 1937.01 Sold to Van Heyghen Fréres, Ghent, for scrapping