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Storstad leaving port in 1912
History
SS StorstadNorway
NameStorstad
Owner
  • A. F. Klaveness
  • Canadian Pacific Railway (1914)
OperatorA/S "Maritim" (1911-1914)
BuilderArmstrong, Whitworth & Co, Newcastle
Yard number824
Launched4 October 1910
CommissionedJanuary 1911
HomeportKristiania
Identification
  • Code letters MGJD
FateTorpedoed and sunk, 8 March 1917
General characteristics
TypeCargo Ship
Tonnage
  • 6,028 GRT[1]
  • 3,561 NRT[1]
  • 10,650 DWT
Length440.0 ft (134.1 m)
Beam58.1 ft (17.7 m)
Depth24.6 ft (7.5 m)
Installed power447 Nhp[1]
PropulsionNorth Eastern Marine Engineering Co. 3-cylinder triple expansion
Speed13.0 knots

Storstad was a steam cargo ship built in 1910 by Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd of Newcastle for A. F. Klaveness & Co of Sandefjord, Norway. The ship was primarily employed as an ore and coal carrier doing tramp trade during her career. In May 1914 she accidentally rammed and sank the ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland, killing over 1,000 people.

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