Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1877 | Valhalla | Fritz Herskind | |
1884 | Valhalla | Herskind & Woods | |
1892 | Valhalla | DS Hekla |
Broken-up at an unknown location in 1914.
Fritz Herskind owned ships from the early 1870's. Herksind & Woods was formed in 1884 between Fritz and Peter Herskind and James Jabez Woods. The partnership was dissolved by mutual consent on the 20th August 1892. On 31st August 1892 the Company became known as Herskind & Co. with the main shareholders Fritz and his father Peter.
Five of Fritz's early ships were built by Matthew Pearse and two by Ropner. All of his subsequent ships were built in West Hartlepool and all appear to have been purchased new.
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Official No. 78406: Code Letters WVLD: Code Letters HDRJ.
Owners: 1877 Fritz Herskind, Hartlepool: 1884 Herskind & Woods, Hartlepool: 1895 Dampskibsselskabet “Hekla” (WM Holby) Christiana.
Masters: 1878-81 Petersen: 1882-85 J McLean: 1887-93 TS Tulloch: 1894 Olaf Olsen: 1894-99 S Natvig: 1900 HJ Rod: 1904-05 H Andersen: 1907-08 A Kildahl.
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, Friday, January 30th, 1880:
WEST HARTLEPOOL STEAMER IN COLLISION The schooner William Edward, from Cardiff for Waterford (coals), lost bulwarks and covering board port side, and had boat smashed, on Wednesday, whilst at anchor outside Cardiff, by collision with the Valhalla, s, of West Hartlepool. The latter received no damage.
In July, 1882, off Dungeness she ran down the May Fly, a pleasure yacht with a crew of 10 and four passengers. The yacht sank and four of her crew were drowned.
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