The ship
"Mary" or "Mary Lohden"
Mary was built and launched as the Mary Lohden and sailed under that name under British flag. After coming over to Swedish register, the "Lohden" part of the name was dropped and she was simply called Mary or in Swedish "ångfartyget Mary".
History
Mary Lohden was built in 1883 by the shipyard Irvine & Company in West Hartlepool (yard number 45). She was launched 26 May 1883.
Her first owner was "J. Lohden & Co" in West Hartlepool. In 1896 she was transferred to "Ångfartygsaktiebolaget Mary Lohden" in Strömstad Sweden owned by H. Andersson. In 1910 she was sold to "Ångfartygsaktiebolaget Mary" in Malmö, Sweden registered on T. Larson.
[Source: www.teesbuiltships.co.uk/irvine/marylohden1883.htm]
Specification
Mary was a cargo ship of 1363 GRT (gross registered tonnes) with a length of 74 meter (244 ft) and beam width of 10 meter (33 ft). The engine was a 520 hp two cylinder compound steam engine manufactured by T.Richardson & Sons in West Hartlepool.
[Source: www.teesbuiltships.co.uk/irvine/marylohden1883.htm]
Sister ships
Irvine & Company built a number of ships which appear to be sister ships to Mary. I have followed the fate of twelve of these ships. Most of them ended in disaster, Read more.
Pictures
For long I had no idea what Mary looked like, now I have five different images of Mary. Read more. I have been guided to these pictures by kind people who have read this website and sent me links to these photos. Thank you all!
In addition I have seen photos of sister ships to Mary. See under "Sister ships".
Sjömansrulla för Mary
1910-08-22 Sjömanshuset i Helsingborg, Befälhavare N.P. Kristiansson - Sjömanshuset i Malmö (M) EIIIa:57 (1910) Bild 840
1914-05-04 Sjömanshuset i Sundsvall, Befälhavare August Petersson - Sjömanshuset i Malmö (M) EIIIa:66 (1914) Bild 1160