Built as a trawler under yard No 736 by A. Hall & Co., Aberdeen for Isfiröingur hf, Isafirdi, Iceland.
26 January 1951 launched as the STIGANDI.
Tonnage 732 gross, 250 net, dim. 202.0 x 30.2ft.
Powered by a 3-cyl triple expansion steam engine, 1,000 hp, manufactured by the shipbuilder.
August 1851 completed under the name SÓLBORG.
Third quarter of 1968 scrapped by Hughes Bolckow Ltd., Blyth, Scotland.
Iceland 2010 165 Kr. sg?, scott?
Source: Lloyds Register 1955/56. http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz
SOLBORG trawler
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john sefton
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Re: SOLBORG trawler
At the end of the second world war the Icelandic government contracted for the building of 40 trawlers in Britain to rejuvenate the decrepit trawler fleet. Icelanders called them the renovation trawlers.
Sólborg ÍS 260. Built in Aberdeen, 1951. Steel. 732 BRT 1000 horsepower steam engine. Owner: Ísfirðingur hf. 1951. The ship was sold as scrap metal and de-registered in 1968.
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Sólborg ÍS 260. Built in Aberdeen, 1951. Steel. 732 BRT 1000 horsepower steam engine. Owner: Ísfirðingur hf. 1951. The ship was sold as scrap metal and de-registered in 1968.
Iceland Philatelic
Iceland SG?