Rosalind (1879 ship)

History
Name| Rosalind
Owner| CF Jackson & Co, Newcastle
Builder| Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co, Willington Quay
Yard number| 18
Launched| 21 June 1879
Christened| 21 June 1879
Completed| August 1879
Out of service| 21 May 1918
Fate| Sunk by mine off the coast of Sweden
General characteristics
Type| Cargo ship
Tonnage|

* 750.28 GRT
* 608.84 NRT

Length| 220 ft 0 in (67.06 m)
Beam| 30 ft 7 in (9.32 m)
Depth| 15 ft 0 in (4.57 m)
Propulsion| Two cylinder compound, 98 hp (73 kW), single propeller
Sail plan| Schooner
Speed| 9 kn (17 km/h)
Crew| 17

SS Rosalind was a cargo ship built by Tyne Iron Shipbuilding of Willington Quay and launched in 1879. She operated as a cargo carrier based at Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1907, she was sold to a Swedish operator named N P Shensson and sailed the Baltic Sea until May 1918 when she was sunk by a mine.

## Design

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Rosalind was built by Tyne Iron Shipbuilding of Willington Quay on the north bank of the River Tyne, and launched in 1879.[1] She was a steam powered cargo ship with a schooner sailing rig, of 705.28 Gross register tonnage and of 608.84 net register tonnage.[2] Her power plant was a two-cylinder compound engine capable of producing 98 hp (73 kW).[3] The ship was designed to sail on international waters, and is known to have run between Middlesbrough and Bilbao and Copenhagen and Söderhamn.[4][2] Crew was typically 17, led by a master. Full speed was 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph).[2] The ship operated with International Signal Code SPVN.[5]

## Career

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The vessel was initially operated by C F Jackson and Co until 1884. She was then transferred to A P Harrison & Co.[3] The company subsequently created Rosalind Steamship Co in 1898, and then handed her to Austin Eliot & Co in 1905.[6] In 1907, Rosalind was sold to the Swedish company N P Shensson of Helsingborg, who subsequently sold the ship to Rederi AB Valla (Otto Hillerström) in 1915.[4] The Rosalind Steamship Company was wound up on 9 January 1908 soon after the sale.[7] The ship operated as part of Sweden's mercantile fleet during World War I.

## Loss

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Rosalind was carrying ballast from Copenhagen to Söderhamn on 21 May 1918 when she struck a mine 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Stockholm and sank.[4]

## See also

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* Rosalind

## References

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1. ^ "Rosalind". Shipping & Mercantile Gazette. 24 June 1879. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
2. ^ a b c No. 920 "Rosalind" (SS) (PDF). 1881. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
3. ^ a b Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping. London: Whitman and Sons. 1883. p. 681. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
4. ^ a b c "Rosalind 1879". Tyne Built Ships. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
5. ^ "Mercantile Navy List". 1880. p. 112. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
6. ^ BT 110/199/30 Ship Rosalind, official number: 80548. When built: 1879. Registry closed: 1907. The National Archives. 1907.
7. ^ "In the Matter of the Companies Acts, 1862 to 1900, and of the ROSALIND STEAMSHIP COMPANY Limited" (PDF). The London Gazette: 366. 14 January 1908. Retrieved 1 October 2018.

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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in May 1918

Shipwrecks|

* 2 May: UB-31, Unity
* 5 May: Kyarra, UB-119
* 8 May: U-32
* 9 May: UC-78
* 10 May: UB-16, HMS Vindictive
* 11 May: Sant Anna, U-154, Verona
* 12 May: U-103, UB-72
* 13 May: UB-114, Zaanland
* 14 May: HMS Phoenix
* 17 May: U-35
* 18 May: Catapulte, Warrimoo, HMS Chesterfield
* 21 May: Rosalind
* 22 May: USS Wakiva II
* 23 May: Innisfallen, HMS Moldavia, UB-52
* 26 May: UB-74
* 30 May: SS Ausonia
* 31 May: HMS Fairy, USS President Lincoln, UC-75
* Unknown date: UB-70

Other incidents|

* 1 May: Prince Rupert
* 13 May: USS Hisko, USS Mexican, Nidd
* 22 May: USS Wabash
* 29 May: RMS Magdalena

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