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PARKMORE / MANCHESTER TRADER / FERDINAND MELSOM / KAUPANGER

BUILT IN 1890 BY C.BIGGER IN LONDONDERRY. FOR Wm. JOHNSTON & CO OF LIVERPOOL. SHE WAS SOLD TO ELDER DEMPSTERS IN 1897, RETAINING THE SAME NAME. IN 1898, ALONG WITH 'QUEENMORE' SHE WAS PURCHASED BY MANCHESTER LINERS AND RE-NAMED 'MANCHESTER TRADER'. IN 1913 SHE WAS SOLD TO AKTIES FERDINAND MELSOM AND RE-NAMED FERDINAND MELSOM, IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR SHE WAS SOLD TO ANOTHER NORWEGIAN COMPANY, WESTFAL, LARSEN & CO AND RE-NAMED KAUPANGER. IN 1916 SHE WAS TORPEDOED BY THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U.38 WHILE IN THE VICINITY OF CARTAGENA AND SANK.