ALFA

Call sign: KCWN
Nationality: Norway

Shipyard
Name: Russell & Co, Port Glasgow, UK.
Build year: 1887
Yard number: 163

Tonnage
Gross tonnage: 1,038
Net tonnage: 933
Deadweight: 1,600

Dimensions
Length: 204.5'
Beam: 33.6'
Draft: 19.7'

History

3/1887: J. Fairlie, Glasgow - QUEEN MAB
5/1907: A/S Alfa (Jens M.A. Marcussen), Risør - ALFA
/1911: A/S Alfa (Jens M.A. Marcussen), Lyngør - ALFA
/1913: A/S Alfa (Jens M.A. Marcussen), Askerøy - ALFA
9/1915: Rederi A/B Qvinta (I.Lignell), Gothenburg, Sweden - SENTA
12/1916: Torpedoed andt de sunk 4/12 by German U-boat U-58 (Kurt Wippern) in pos. 6 n.m. south of Ryvingen (Kattegat) on voyage Drammen via Gothenburg to Delagoa Bay, South Africa with a cargo of wood.