GRETA / FORMICA

GRETA / FORMICA WAS A IRON VESSEL OF 1,249 TONS.SHE WAS BUILT IN 1874 BY WHITEHAVEN SB & CO OF WHITEHAVEN.

SHE WAS OWNED BY WILLIAM LOWDEN AND REGISTERED IN LIVERPOOL

IN 1874 SHE WAS CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE AND MADE A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO MELBOURNE

SHE ARRIVED IN NEW YORK FROM ANTWERP DECEMBER 1899

SHE LEFT LONDON ON 27TH JUNE ARRIVING IN PORT ADELAIDE

21ST FEBRUARY 1888 SHE LEFT LONDON ARRIVING PORT ADELAIDE ON 8TH MAY 1888

ON 29TH NOVEMBER 1888 SHE LEFT LONDON AND ARRIVED AT PORT ADELAIDE ON 20TH MARCH 1889  

IN 1908 SHE WAS SOLD TO NORWAY AND RENAMED FORMICA.AFTER WORLD WAR ONE SHE DISAPPEARED FROM THE REGISTRY ( SURVIVED THE WAR )

FORMICA

FORMICA EX GRETA SHOWN FLYING THE NORWEGIAN FLAG