MERSEY / TRANSATLANTIC /  CHRISTIAN RADICH / DVERSGO

MERSEY WAS BUILT IN 1894 BY C.CONNEL & CO IN GLASGOW. SHE WAS OBTAINED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE IN 1908, AND USED AS A CADET TRAINING VESSEL. SHE WAS ORIGINALLY REGISTERED IN BRIDGETOWN, BUT LATER RE-REGISTERED IN LIVERPOOL IN 1912. SHE HAD A  WIRELESS APPARATUS INSTALLED IN 1914, POSSIBLE THE FIRST SAILING VESSEL TO HAVE IT INSTALLED. IN 1915 SHE WAS SOLD AND REVERTED BACK TO NORMAL CARGO CARRYING OPERATION. IN 1916 SHE WAS SOLD TO A NORWEGIAN CONCERN   WITH THE INTENTION OF HER BECOMING A CADET TRAINING VESSEL ONCE MORE AND SHE WAS TO BE  RE-NAMED  CHRISTIAN RADICH , BUT DUE TO THE WAR THIS DID NOT OCCUR AND HER NAME CHANGE WAS NOT EVEN REGISTERED. IN 1917 SHE WAS SOLD AGAIN AND RE-NAMED DVERSGO AND ONCE MORE RESUMED NORMAL CARGO CARRYING ACTIVITY. SHE WAS SOLD IN 1922 ( KEPT THE SAME NAME ) TO LARS JORGENSEN. SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN 1923 IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.