Category:Thor II (ship, 1886)
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English: Thor II was an iron-hulled four-masted ship, built by Russell & Co, Port Glasgow in 1886 as Nile for A. Brown, Glasgow. She was a full rigged ship. Dimensions: 86,37×12,31×7,46 meters [283'5"×40'5"×24'6"]. Tonnages 2,163 GRT, 2,079 NRT, and 1,984 tons under deck. The forecastle was 36 ft long and the poop 36 ft. Rigged with royal sails over double top and single topgallant sails. 1911 sold to Norwegian owners, renamed Thor II and reduced to a barque rig. In the German U-boat U-45 sanke her by torpedo, 80 miles SW of the Irish coast on voyage from South Georgia to Queenstown with a cargo of whale oil.[1][2][3]
Names:
- Nile (1886–1911)
- Thor II (1911–1917)
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Categories:
- Barques
- Four-masted ships
- Merchant ships of the United Kingdom
- Sailing ships of Norway
- Sailing ships of the United Kingdom
- Ships built in 1886
- Ships built at Russell & Co shipyard
- Ships named Thor
- Ships registered in Glasgow
- Ships registered in Sandefjord
- Ships sunk in 1917
- Ships sunk by torpedo
- Ships sunk by U-boats