Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

Outeniqua

1915

1019

128732

Porsgrund MV

Porsgrund

Porsgrund MV

Porsgrund

Triple Expansion

Steam

109 NHP

1

Outeniqua

VHDM

Career Summary

The 1,019 steamship Outeniqua, which was built in 1915 by Porsgrund Mekaniske Værksted in Porsgrunn, Norway, was the flagship of the Thesen’s Steamship Company. She had accommodation for fifty passengers, and a ladies saloon and dining room on deck.

The Outeniqua carried her first cargo - of creosote - from Goole (near York in England) to Knysna, and was then put into the coastal trade.

She “had many a mishap in her career, and when she was finally scrapped in Walvis Bay in 1945, it was said she had more cement than plates on her bottom.” (Knysna the Forgotten Port).

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