Sterndale
Vessel name on Arrival: Glitra
Original Builder: Richardson-Duck & Company, Stockton
Original Yard No: 607
Official Number: 127074
Vessel Type: Cargo
GRT: 2925
Year Built: 1910
Arrival Date: 08/02/1937
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Name Changes:
Built as Sterndale for Lucas & Company (Dale Steam Shipping Company of Bristol)
August 1914 : Requisitioned by Admiralty for service as a collier. Renamed Collier No. 119
September 1917 : Sold to Fargrove S.S. Company Ltd of London, without change of name
November 1917 : Sold to Haenton Steamship Company of Cardiff, without change of name
December 1917 : Renamed Greldale
February 1918 : Sold to Christian Salvesen, by Haenton Steamship Company of Cardiff, and name retained
May 1919 : Vessel released into commercial service
August 1919 : renamed Glitra by Salvesen
October 1936 : Sold to Carrick Shipping Company of Glasgow without change of name
Other Information:
Launched : 24/01/1910 1,150 IHP providing a speed 9 knots Completed : February 1910
3 Cylinder Triple-Expansion Steam Reciprocating Engine, manufactured by Messrs Blair & Company of Stockton
Served as a Naval Coasting Coaling Barge for the Admiralty from 1914 through 1917
Laid up by Salvesen in 1935
Sold off to Carrick Shipping Company of Glasgow in 1936 and arrived at Troon for breaking up in February 1937