COUNTY OF INVERNESS / DORA / CARMEN / NEMRAC / AMICIZIA
COUNTY OF INVERNESS WAS BUILT IN 1877 BY BARCLAY CURLE & CO OF GLASGOW. SHE WAS
OWNED BY R & J CRAIG AND HAD BEEN REGISTERED IN GLASGOW SHE WAS A VESSEL OF
1,636/1716 TONS.
SHAW SAVILLE PURCHASED HER FROM R & J CRAIG IN 1899/1900. SHE WAS LATER RE RIGGED AS
A BARQUE
SHE WAS SOLD TO AN ARGENTINE COMPANY IN 1911/12 ( PRESUMEDLY THIS WAS WHEN
SHE WAS RENAMED DORA, BUT I'M NOT 100% SURE )
SHE WAS THEN SOLD AND PUT UNDER THE FRENCH FLAG IN 1916 TO SOC
D'IMPOTATION DU NORD ET DE L'EST ( R BOUSSAC OF BORDEAUX ) AND RENAMED CARMEN .
IN 1920 SHE WAS FITTED WITH AN AUXILIARY ENGINE OF 49 NHP BY C D HOLMES & CO OF HULL
IN 1921 SHE WAS OWNED BY CIE FRANCO ATLANTIQUE DE TRANPORTS OF BORDEAUX
IN 1923 SHE WAS OWNED BY H LEETHAM & SONS OF LIVERPOOL AND RENAMED NEMRAC
IN 1924 SHE WAS OWNED BY A ALTENBRUN ( WITH OTHERS ) OF KASMU
IN 1931 SHE WAS UNDER THE CONTROL OF KASMUN LAEVA OMANIKUD ( MANGED BY O TIEDMANN )
IN 1940 SHE WAS OWNED BY SA EM V PARODI OF GENOA AND RENAMED AMICIZIA
IN 1943 SHE WAS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT, AUG BOLTEN & WM MILLERS NACHFL ( HAMBURG )
ON THE 8TH APRIL 1945 SHE WAS BOMBED AND SANK AT HAMBURG BUT WAS RAISED AND BROKEN UP IN 1947