Tonnage: 4,338 tons gross, 4,048 under deck and 2,755 net. Poop Deck 31 feet long, Bridge Deck 94 feet long and Forecastle 36 feet long. She was a steel construction, single screw Schooner, had 2 steel decks, 6 cemented bulkheads, was fitted with electric light and wireless. There was a cellular double bottom aft 129 ft. long, under engine & boilers 42 ft. long, forward 59 feet long, 1,108 tons; Aft Peak Tank 42 tons; flat keel. Propulsion: triple expansion engine with 3 cylinders of 25, 41 & 69 inches
diameter respectively; stroke 48 inches; operating at 180 p.s.i.; 372 nominal
horsepower; 3 single ended boilers; 9 corrugated furnaces; grate surface 150 sq. ft.; heating
surface 5,940 sq. feet. The engine was built by Richardsons, Westgarth & Co. Ltd. in Sunderland.
Call sign: MLBN. Master: Captain J.E. Johannessen, appointed to the shipping line and to the
ship in 1917.
[Lloyd's register of shipping](Information submitted by Gilbert Provost)
Chronological History
| Year |
Event |
| 1911 |
December: completed as the "Chiltern Range" (yard no. 187) for Neptune Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. |
| 1914 |
December: purchased by NAL for £45,000 - renamed "Drammensfjord" |
| 1924 |
Sold to Turnbull Coal & Shipping Co. Ltd. for £32,000 - renamed "Raisdale" |
| 1933 |
Sold to L. A. Embiricos, Greece for £5,000 - renamed "Rinos" |
| 1936 |
Sold to Muir Young Ltd. London |
| 1937 |
Sold to V. K. Song, China - renamed "Yong Shyang" |
| 1938 |
Captured by the Japanese, taken over by Kyodo Kaiun K. K. - renamed "Eisyo Maru" |
| 1940 |
June 5; Sank after collision on passage Muroran-Tokio |
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