Rosalind (1879 ship)

SS Rosalind was a cargo ship built by Tyne Iron Shipbuilding of Willington Quay and launched in 1879. She operated as a cargo carrier based at Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1907, she was sold to a Swedish operator named N P Shensson and sailed the Baltic Sea until May 1918 when she was sunk by a mine.

History
Name: Rosalind
Owner: CF Jackson & Co, Newcastle
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co, Willington Quay
Yard number: 18
Launched: 21 June 1879
Christened: 21 June 1879
Completed: August 1879
Out of service: 21 May 1918
Fate: Sunk by mine off the coast of Sweden
General characteristics
Type: Cargo ship
Tonnage:
Length: 220 ft 0 in (67.06 m)
Beam: 30 ft 7 in (9.32 m)
Depth: 15 ft 0 in (4.57 m)
Propulsion: Two cylinder compound, 98 hp (73 kW), single propeller
Sail plan: Schooner
Speed: 9 kn (17 km/h)
Crew: 17

Design

Rosalind was built by Tyne Iron Shipbuilding of Willington Quay on the north bank of the River Tyne, and launched in 1879.[1] She was an steam=powered cargo ship with a schooner sailing rig, registered with a gross tonnage of 705.28 long tons (716.60 t) and net tonnage of 608.84 long tons (618.61 t).[2] Her power plant was a two cylinder compound engine capable of producing 98 hp (73 kW).[3] The ship was designed to sail on international waters, and is known to have run between Middlesbrough and Bilbao and Copenhagen and Söderhamn.[4][2] Crew was typically 17, led by a master. Full speed was 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph).[2] The ship operated with International Signal Code SPVN.[5]

Career

The vessel was initially operated by C F Jackson and Co until 1884. She was then transferred to A P Harrison & Co.[3] The company subsequently created Rosalind Steamship Co in 1898, and then handed her to Austin Eliot & Co in 1905.[6] In 1907, Rosalind was sold to the Swedish company N P Shensson of Helsingborg, who subsequently sold the ship to Rederi AB Valla (Otto Hillerström) in 1915.[4] The Rosalind Steamship Company was wound up on 9 January 1908 soon after the sale.[7] The ship operated as part of Sweden’s mercantile fleet during World War I.

Loss

Rosalind was carrying ballast from Copenhagen to Söderhamn on 21 May 1918 when she struck a mine 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Stockholm and sank.[4]

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See also
  • Rosalind

References
  1. "Rosalind". Shipping & Mercantile Gazette. 24 June 1879. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  2. No. 920 "Rosalind" (SS) (PDF). 1881. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  3. Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping. London: Whitman and Sons. 1883. p. 681. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  4. "Rosalind 1879". Tyne Built Ships. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  5. "Mercantile Navy List". 1880. p. 112. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  6. BT 110/199/30 Ship Rosalind, official number: 80548. When built: 1879. Registry closed: 1907. The National Archives. 1907.
  7. "In the Matter of the Companies Acts, 1862 to 1900, and of the ROSALIND STEAMSHIP COMPANY Limited" (PDF). The London Gazette: 366. 14 January 1908. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
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