Also known as:

WEATHERSFIELD; MAX BERNSTEIN; FORDSON I; TRACTOR; LUDOLF OLDENDORFF

Year of Build:

1903

Official Number:

114445

Built at:

Wallsend-On-Tyne, United Kingdom

Vessel Type:

Bulk Freighter

Hull Materials:

Steel

Hull Number:

289

Builder Name:

Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd

Original Owner:

Montreal Transportation Co

Propulsion:

Screw

Engine Type:

Triple expansion 21"-35"-58", 39" stroke

Length:

248.7'

Beam:

42'

Depth:

20.6'

Tonnage (gross):

1875

Tonnage (net):

1171

Final Location:

Egersund, Norway

Date:

9 Oct 1944

How:

Lost to enemy action

1903 Owned Montreal Transportation Co

1916 Owned Inter-American Steamship Co Ltd; renamed WEATHERSFIELD

1918 Owned Canadian Maritime Co Ltd

1920 Owned E.J. Heinz Ltd, London

1922 Owned A.B. MacKay

1923 Owned Arnold Bernstein, Hamburg, Germany; renamed MAX BERNSTEIN

1926 Renamed FORDSON I

1927 Renamed TRACTOR

1937 Owned Egon Oldendorff, Lubeck, Germany; renamed LUDOLF OLDENDORFF

1944 Lost to enemy action