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August Korff - (1894-1910)
Steam Tank Ship "August Korff".
RJWL - 4131 BRT  - 110,44 x 13,43 x 8.95 M - 1 Triple Expansion Steam Engine - 1650 IHP,
build by Maschinenfabrik Buckau, Magdeburg,. On March 1894 launch.
On April 1894 build by J. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde ( Nr. 128 ) as "August Korff" ordered by
Mineralölraffinerie August Korff, Bremen.
Registered 5.5.1894, taken over by the Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum Gesellschaft, Hamburg.
On 17.10.1910 sold to the Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., London and renamed "Lackawanna".
On 22.6.1931 from Southend in tow by the Dutch tug "Poolzee" to Rotterdam for breaking up.

Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :

AUGUST KORFF - 1894  GE,  1T (aft) (10)
4,055 GRT for Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum Ges., Hamburg,  353.1 x 45.4
Tanker build by J. C. Tecklenborg, Geestemünde     (5)     #128
1910 - LACKAWANNA   Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., London      BR   128022
Broken up at Nieuw Lekkerland 1931 by N.V. Scheepssloperij "De Koophandel", arr. Rotterdam 22.6.1931.

The Miramar Ship Index for "AUGUST KORFF"
IDNo:
1128022
Year:
1894
Name:
AUGUST KORFF
Keel:
Type:
Tanker
Launch Date:
03.1994
Flag:
DEU
Date of completion:
05.1994

Tons:
4055
Link:
-
DWT:
Yard No:
128
Length overall:
Ship Design:
LPP:
107.6
Country of build:
DEU
Beam:
13.8
Builder:
Tecklenborg
Material of build:
Location of yard:
Geestemunde
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
1T-10

Subsequent History:
2010 LACKAWANNA

Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Rotterdam 22.06.1931.

History :
ON
LR/IMO
ID
Year
Name
Tons
Change
Registered Owner
1128022
1894
AUGUST KORFF
4055
Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum Ges.
128022
1128022
1894
LACKAWANNA
4055
1910
Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd.