Category:Imo (ship, 1889)

SS Imo 

Norwegian steamship
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Instance of	livestock carrier steamship
Operator	White Star Line
Manufacturer	Harland and Wolff
Location of creation	Belfast
Yard number	211
Shipping port	Liverpool
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Ship edit

• Type: Passenger / cargo ship, later whaling factory ship
• Built by: Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast
• Yard No: 211
• Keel laid:
• Launched: 1889.01.01
• Completed: 1889.02.16
• Length over all: 430.7 ft
• Beam: 45.2 ft
• GT: 4833
• DWT:
• Sjøhistorie
• Shipping and Shipbuilding
• www.theyard.info

History edit

• 1889 Named Runic; Flag: United Kingdom
  • Official number: 93837
  • Signal letters: LBPW
  • Port: Liverpool
  • Owner: Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.
• 1895 Renamed Tampican; Flag: United Kingdom
  • Signal letters: LBPW
  • Port: Liverpool
  • Owner: West India and Pacific S.S. Co. Ltd.
• 1899 Owner: Leyland Line
• 1912 Renamed Imo; Flag: Norway
  • Converted to whale factory ship
  • Call sign: MJGB
  • Port: Oslo
  • Owner: South Pacific Whaling Co. A/S
• 1917.12.06 Collided with Mont Blanc, causing the Halifax Explosion
• 1920.09 Renamed Guvernøren; Flag: Norway
  • Call sign: MJGB
  • Port: Oslo
  • Owner: South Pacific Whaling Co. A/S
• 1921 Owner: A/S Odd (Chr. Christensen A/S)
  • Call sign: MJGB
  • Port: Sandefjord
• 1921.11.30 Wrecked near Port Stanley on Falkland Islands