Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1871 | York | Robert Harrowing | |
1883 | York | Lohden & Co. | |
1885 | Zeus | Neptun Bergnings | |
1889 | Zeus | Aug. Leffler & Son | |
1890 | Zeus | Angf AB Erato | |
1894 | Zeus | Fornyade Angfartygs A/B Viking | |
1899 | Zeus | Angf AB Ella | |
1910 | Zeus | Angf AB Enar | |
1917 | Bo | Fornyade Angfartygs A/B Viking | |
1916 | Bo | AB Brodrene Lofgren |
On a voyage from Bilbao to Newport with a cargo of iron-ore BO sank during a collision with Dimitrios Patereras & Banderas in La Pallice Roads on 11 February 1918.
Jacob Lohden was in parnership with E. Cory in the company of Cory and Lohden. When the partnership was dissolved in 1881 Jacob continued business as J. Lohden & Co. Between 1881 and 1894 the company owned ten ships and had branches in Hartlepool, Newcastle-on-Tyne and Leith.
Family History:
Jacob Lohden was born at Horneburg, Germany in 1837 and moved to Hartlepool in 1858. He began work at the firm of Anthony Harris & Co. coal exporters. Jacob became a naturalised British subject and married Mary Paxton on 13 October 1864 at Norham-on-Tweed, Northumberland. By 1871 he and his family were living at Cambridge Terrace, Stranton, by 1881 Station Lane, Seaton Carew and by 1891 Middleton St George.
Jacob was a member of the Seaton Carew Local Board and when Seaton was amalgamated with West Hartlepool he became a member of that Board. He was a member of the Hartlepool Port and Harbour Commisioners, chairman of the Small Damage Club and a director of The Neptune Marine Insurance Company.
Jacob died at Norham-on-Tweed in February 1893 at the age of 56 leaving assets of £8,120. He was interred at Holy Trinity Churchyard, Seaton Carew.
More detail »Launched & completed November 1871: Official No. 58791: Code Letters LBKV.
Owners: 1871 Robert Harrowing, Whitby; 1883 J. Lohden & Co, West Hartlepool; 1885 Neptun Bergnings och Dykeri Bolaget, Stockholm; renamed- Zeus; 1889 August Leffler & Son, Gotheburg; 1890 Angfartygs A/B Erato, Gothenburg; 1894 Angfartygs A/B Viking, Gothenburg; 1899 Angfartygs A/B Ella, Gothenburg; 1910 Angfartygs A/B Enar, Gothenburg; 1916 Rederi A/B Tonnage, Stockholm; 1916 A/B Brodrene Lofgren, Gefle; renamed BO; 1916 Rederi A/B Uman, Stockholm; 1917 Rederi A/B Baltic-France, Gothenburg; 1917 Fornyade Angfartygs A/B Viking, Gothenburg.
Masters: 1872-74 Brockett; 1880-81 J Cornforth; 1882 J Seymour; 1884 R Mossman.
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