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Norburn - a general history

Official No. 127435: Code Letters HNFR.

Owners: 1908 Norburn SS Co. (W.H. Loveridge) (Smith, Herbert L Hogg & Co mgrs) West Hartlepool; 1915 C Coombes, Marshall & Co Ltd (Middlesbrough) West Hartlepool; 1929 CA Berglund, Gothenburg–renamed Ella; 1934 Red A/B Majviken, Gothenburg.

Masters: 1909 JP Sharp; 1919 J King; 1926 Stark.

In February 1912 two crew of the Norburn, Leith firemen, John Parker & Robert Spears were drowned when a small boat capsized at Sulina.

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