Year |
Name |
Owner |
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1888 | Terra | Herskind & Woods | |
1893 | Terra | Herskind & Co. | |
1907 | Terra | Vulcan Shipping Co. |
On a voyage from Newcastle to Genoa with a cargo of 4,500 tons of coal & a crew of 28 Terra went ashore during a dense fog & was wrecked on Chateau Letoc Rocks, Alderney on 11 June 1910. The vessel was valued at £12,000. No lives lost.
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. 95882: Code Letters KWHP.
Owners: 1888 Herskind & Woods, West Hartlepool; 1893 Herskind & Co, West Hartlepool; 1907 Vulcan Shipping Co (W Glen) Glasgow.
Masters: 1891-99 V Petersen; 1900-07 J Merrifield; 1909 GH Howey.
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