Brasilia | Norway Heritage

Ship Data

Type	Built	Burden	Dimensions	Line / Owner
S.S.	1897 at Belfast by Harland & Wolff	10,336 gross	500.7ft x 62.3ft	Hamburg America Line

Picture of the Barsilia when in service for the Dominion Line as the Norseman
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Year	Event
1897	Nov. 27, launched as the "Brasilia" for HAPAG
1898	Mar. 21, maiden voyage Belfast-New York
1899	Returned to Harland & Wolff, rebuilt to 9,546 gross tons, four masts
1900	Feb. 10, Liverpool-South-Africa as Boer War transport
1900	Sold to the Dominion Line, renamed Norseman
1910	Chartered to the Aberdeen Line
1916	Jan. 22, torpedoed by German sub. U-39 in Gulf of Salonika
1920	Refloated, scrapped

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