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Cathay

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1883 Cathay John Cornforth
1891 Cathay Gladstone & Cornforth
1894 Johan Siem Dansk Russische
1917 Johan Siem Admiralty
1919 Johan Siem Dansk Russische
1920 Joham Siem Det Forenede DS AS
1922 Iris Rederi AB Iris

Fate

On a voyage from Hango to Kolding with a cargo of 1,003 tons of Russian foodcakes Iris was sunk by ice damage 11 miles south of Rossaro on 17 February 1924. No lives were lost. Master Johan Siem.

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