Asterion

An iron barque built in 1869 by Iliff, Mounsey & Co., Sunderland. Dimensions 163'0"×28'0"×17'4" and 528 GRT, 509 NRT and 491 tons under deck.

1869 February: Launched at the shipyard of Iliff, Mounsey & Co., Sunderland, for R.H. Penney & Sons, Shoreham.
1884: Sold to Shaw, Savill & Co., Shoreham [?], for £ 2350.
1898 December 30: Sold to Jöns Lundberg, Malmö, for £ 2000. Captain Niklas Alfred Jeppsson, Skanör.
1907 May 3: Sold to AB Ferraria, Stockholm, for SEK 15.500 but the purchase was transferred to Bröderna Edstrand, Malmö, for SEK 17.000.
1907 December 10: Sold to Sandvikens Jernverks AB and was rebuilt as a lighter.

Later sold to Herrängs Grufve AB, Herräng, and was renamed Herräng 7.

Later used as a grain storage in Malmö and Gothenburg with the name Sten.

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Updated 1997-04-09 by Lars Bruzelius