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

 

 

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