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1885 Bygget som CELTIC CHIEF by Archibald McMillan & Son, Dumbarton, Scotland for Celtic Chief Ship Co. Ltd (Parry, Jones & Co.), Liverpool, England.
1890 R. Hughes-Jones & Co., Liverpool ble managers.
1911 Solgt til Skibs-A/S Artensis (Sigurd Bruusgaard),Drammen. Omdøpt til ARTENSIS.
1917 Stanset og sprengt i senk 19/07 av den tyske ubåten U 87 (Kapitänleutnant Rudolf Schneider) i posisjon 55.32N- 11.07V mens hun var på reise fra Glasgow, Scotland til Hampton Roads, USA i ballast.
Kaptein Even Henrik Evensen og mannskapet gikk i livbåtene.
De satte kurs for Black Rock, Irland. Neste dag da de var 6 miles fra Black Rock ble de tatt opp av to patruljebåter og landsatt 21/07 i Galway, Irland.
1885 Built as CELTIC CHIEF by Archibald McMillan & Son,Dumbarton, Scotland for Celtic Chief Ship Co. Ltd (Parry, Jones & Co.), Liverpool, England.
1890 R. Hughes-Jones & Co., Liverpool became managers.
1911 Sold to Skibs-A/S Artensis (Sigurd Bruusgaard), Drammen. Renamed ARTENSIS.
1917 Captured and scuttled with explosives 19/07 by the German submarine U 87 (Kapitänleutnant Rudolf Schneider) in position 55.32N-11.07W whilst on a voyage from Glasgow, Scotland -to Hampton Roads, USA, in ballast.
Captain Even Henrik Evensen and his crew abandoned in the life boats.
They set course for Black Rock, Ireland. They was picked up the next day when they was 6 miles off Black Rock by two patrol boats who landed them 21/07 at Galway, Ireland.