S/S BRITA

Built 1907 as MECKLENBURG by Act. Ges. "Neptun", Rostock # 264 for Heinrich Podeus, Wismar
GRT 2656

1913 MECKLENBURG Aug. Bolten, Wm. Miller's Nachf., Hamburg
1914 Laid up at Cartagena, Colombia from August.
1919 MECKLENBURG The Shipping Controller (Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., mgrs.), London
1920 MECKLENBURG Rondo SS. Co., Ltd. (H. H. Penman, mgr.), London
1922 MECKLENBURG S. H. Biscoe, London
1922 MECKLENBURG Mosa SS. Co., Ltd. (McNabb, Rougier & Co. (Italy), Ltd.), London
1927 MAID OF CORFU Byron SS. Co., Ltd. (M. Embiricos), London
1930 MAID OF CORFU Byron SS. Co., Ltd. (Runciman (London), Ltd., mgrs.), London
1931 BRITA Lovisa Rederi A/B (A/B R. Nordström & Co. O/Y), Lovisa
1932 BRITA Lovisa Fiskeri A/B (A/B R. Nordström & Co. O/Y), Lovisa
1937 BRITA Suomen Kalastus O/Y - Lovisa Fiskeri A/B (A/B R. Nordström & Co. O/Y), Lovisa
1944 Seized at Stettin, 21 Sep.
1944 FERO Deutsches Reich (Harald Schuldt, Flensburg, mgr.)
1944 Bombed and sunk at Hamburg 31 Dec , raised 1945 and returned to owners
1946 BRITA Suomen Kalastus O/Y - Lovisa Fiskeri A/B (A/B R. Nordström & Co. O/Y), Lovisa
1963 Arrived at Bruges September 15 for demolition.

Photo Taken at Copenhagen end 1950’s

Infomation concerning vessel's history is thanks to Wm.A. Schell