Engineering:SS Swarland

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Short description: Danish cargo ship
History
Name: Denmark Swarland
Port of registry: United Kingdom Renfrew, United Kingdom
Builder: Henderson, Coulborn and Company
Yard number: 92
Launched: 15 August 1867
Completed: 1867
Maiden voyage: 1867
In service: 1867
Out of service: 30 September 1911
Fate: Missing
General characteristics
Type: cargo ship
Installed power: Steam
Propulsion: Screw propeller
Speed: 9.5 knots

SS Swarland was a Denmark cargo ship that disappeared near Rotterdam, The Netherlands while she was travelling from Rostock, Germany to Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Construction

Swarland was constructed in 1867 at the Henderson, Coulborn and Company shipyard in Renfrew, United Kingdom as Danmark. She was completed in 1867. The ship was assessed at 826 GRT. She had a single screw propeller with steam propulsion. The engine was rated at 100 nhp.

Sinking

On 26 September 1911, Swarland left Rostock, Germany for Rotterdam, The Netherlands. She disappeared on 30 September 1911 and was last seen close to Rotterdam.[1]

References

  1. "Swarland". Wrecksite. http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?217085. Retrieved 30 September 2015.