Category:Carmarthenshire (ship, 1887)

Ship[edit]

• Type: Cargo steamship
• Built by: CS Swan & Hunter, Wallsend
• Yard No: 100
• Keel laid:
• Launched: 1887.01.25
• Completed: 1887.03
• Length over all: 329.5 ft
• Beam: 40.0 ft
• GT: 2726
• DWT:
• www.tynebuiltships.co.uk
• www.wrecksite.eu
• www.sjohistorie.no
• museum.wales

History[edit]

• 1887 Named Carmarthenshire; Flag: United Kingdom
  • Official number: 91991
  • Call sign: KLHP
  • Port: London
  • Owner: Jenkins & Co, London
• 1901.07 Renamed Maracas; Flag: United Kingdom
  • Call sign: KLHP
  • Port: London
  • Owner: Trinidad Shipping & Trading Co Ltd
• 1914.10 Flag: United States
  • Official number: 212839
  • Call sign: LFBR
  • Port: New York
  • Owner: James F Butler, New York, New York Transatlantic Steamship Corporation, New York
• 1915.02.22 Seized by British forces
• 1915.11 Sold as war prize
• 1915 Renamed Majoren; Flag: Norway
  • Call sign: MNKL
  • Port: Stavanger
  • Owner: A/S Solgran (A Meling Jr)
• 1917.09.03 Captured, shelled, and sunk by U-95 at 55.14 N, 08.56 W