Corfe Castle


CORFE CASTLE was built in 1901 by Barclay, Curle & Co. at Glasgow with a tonnage of 4592grt, a length of 401ft 8in, a beam of 48ft 27in and a service speed of 12 knots.

She was the last of the four ships built for cargo services, bringing the fleet strength in that department to seven.

Sold to W. Schuchmann of Hamburg in 1927 she was renamed Ostee and broken up in 1932.

Vessel

Built

Service

Tonnage

Corfe Castle

1901

1901 Deployed to The USA to South Africa Service

1927 Sold to Germany

4952

Official Number

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

114773

Barclay Curle

Glasgow

Barclay Curle

Glasgow

Steam 3 Cyl

2400 IHP

1

Master

From

To

P Gilson

10/1901

5/1902

A F Marshall

6/1902

6/1904

W J Nutman

5/1904

6/1906

J N Culverwell

4/1907

11/1907

D H Hoskins

11/1907

4/1910

C B Imlah

6/1910

9/1912

Lewis

10/1912

1913

G Owens

9/1913

12/1916

D Graham

12/1916

1/1918

H J Wyatt

1/1918

9/1918

D Nicoll

9/1918

11/1918

H B Harvey

11/1918

1/1920

H Kershaw

6/1920


P J Pape

10/1922


A H Hutchings

12/1922

4/1923

A Barron

7/1923

12/1923

H P Basden-Smith

2/1924

2/1927

C Le Brocq

3/1927

9/1927
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