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Yarm (1877) - a general history

Official No. 70126: Code Letters RBDH.

Owners: 1877 Coverdale, Merryweather, Charles S Todd & Co (5 Radcliffe Terrace) Hartlepool: 1881 Coverdale, Charles S Todd & Co, West Hartlepool: 1885 J Merryweather & Co, West Hartlepool: 1889 J. Wood & Co., West Hartlepool; 1894 CJ Svendsen, Oslo-renamed Scandinavien: 1895 Acties Hartlepools Scandinaviske Dampskibsselsk (CJ Svendsen) Oslo: 1903 A/S D/S Scandinavien (OM Larsen) Oslo: 1907 A/S Hartlepools Scandinaviske D/S A/S (C Svendsen, mgrs.) Christiana:  1908 A/S Scandinavien (C Svendsen, mgrs.) Oslo: 1913 M Matisen, Libau, Russia-renamed Latwiga: 1917 German Government; 1919 M Matisen, Libau, Russia; 1921 F Wirro & F Boyet (P Deros) Tallinn–renamed Lucie: 1925 Eesti Pohja Lawa Uhing, Tallin: 1926 Revel Shipping Co Ltd, Tallinn–renamed Pakri.

Masters: 1877-79 R Clark: 1879-82 F Finn: 1882-83 Dixon: 1883 Tait: 1884-90 J Currie: 1891 TR Cousins: 1892-93 R Pascoe: 1894-99 CJ Svendsen: 1904-09 B Borresen: 1911 NO Nilssen: 1915 K Reinberg.

In October 1917 Latwiga stranded in the Gulf of Finland & was under German control until 1919.

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