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Phyllis - a general history

Completed June 1891: Official No. 98511: Code Letters MFHJ.

Owners: 1891 JS Allison & Co, West Hartlepool; 1906 Seaton Shipping Co (JS Allison & Co mgrs) West Hartlepool; 1910 P. Ambatielos & G. Carantinos, Cephalonia –renamed Krete; 1915 Aalborg S.S. Co (N.J. Stroyberg) Aalborg–renamed Jacob Kjellerup; 1916 Dampskibs Selsk “Gylfe” (T. Just) Aalborg 1919–renamed Gronsund; 1920 Dampskibs Selsk “Gylfe” (DL Didricheen mgr) Copenhagen;  1926 Dampskibs Selsk “Gylfe” (T.H. Christensen) Rodby Haven; 1927 D/S A/S Halls (T.H. Christensen mgrs) Rodby Haven; 1928 D/S Hafnia A/S (T.H. Christensen) Copenhagen.

Masters: 1892-94 Benjamin Granger (b. 1849 Robin Hood’s Bay); 1897 Williams; 1899 Beaton; 1904 George Proctor; 1906 William Henry Fountain (b. 1866 West Hartlepool C.N. West Hartlepool 1894); 1907 George Proctor; 1909 William G Bevan.

Voyages: 1891-1910 Savannah for the Baltic, Cardiff for Constantinople & Kustendje for Gibralter; 25 March 1909 stranded near Kavac; 29 March 1909 stranded at Nagara Point; 9 December 1909 stranded at Cartagena, Colombia.

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