Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1870 | Dora | W. Gray | |
1874 | Dora | Fritz Herskind | |
1883 | Dora | J.T. Eltringham | |
1884 | Pandora | Fisher, Renwick & Co. |
Went missing on a voyage from Blyth to Gibraltar with a cargo of coal in November 1894. She had been sighted passing Dover on the 8th. Master H.M. Hern.
A postcard of the steamship Dora alongside at Caen - date unknown.
More detail »Official No. 65038: Code Letters JTRW.
Masters: 1881 Martin: 1887 J Winchcoombe: 1888 Sturly: 1888-89 J Winchcoombe: 1890-93 W Carr: 1894 HM Hern.
Bound from Huelva with a cargo of ore Dora was in a collision with the Hull steamer Otto at the entrance to the River Tyne on 20 November 1881 & sank off the Fish Pier, South Shields. She was refloated, sold & renamed Pandora.
Pandora sailed from Blyth on 6 November 1894 bound for Gibraltar with a cargo of coal & a total crew of 15. She passed Dover on 8 November & was not seen again.
More detail »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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