North Star

A steel four-mast barque built in 1892 by Grangemouth Dockyard Co., Alloa. Dimensions: 96,51×13,51×7,43 meters [316'8×43'2×24'5], tonnage: 2761 GRT and 2627 NRT.

1892 May
Launched at the shipyard of Grangemouth Dockyard Co., Alloa, for A. Bilbrough & Co., London.
1898
Sold to AG Alster, Hamburg, and renamed Alsterufer.
1912
Sold to F.A. Vinnen & Co., Bremen, and renamed Susanne Vinnen.
1914
Condemned in Australia.
1915
In British Government Service, London, and renamed Carrabin.
1917 October 1
Sunk by the German submarine U 96 10 nm South of Daunt-Felsen.

Updated 1996-12-30 by Lars Bruzelius.


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