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LINGARD Steel bark ship, built by Fevig Jernskibsbyggeri in Arendal in 1893. 999 net and 1081 gross reg. tons, loaded about 1600 tons. 216 x 34 x 18.1 feet, 64.92 x 10.32 x 5.40 m. Built on speculation and bought by B.A. Olsen & Sönner in Lyngör. LINGARD was sold in 1915 for £6,000 to Wardle & Co. of Port Adelaide. September 1919 she was sold to James Bell & Co. in Hull for 18 000 £. 1922 she was sold to Alf Monsen in Tönsberg, Norway. In March 1925 she was bought by Gustaf Erikson in Mariehamn for 2 200 £. She was renamed LINGARD and her master during the Mariehamn period was: J.M. Mattsson, C. Granith, J.B.. Johansson, G. Lundberg, K.V. Lindqvist, V. Mattsson. During Eriksson's time mostly in service in England with a few detours to the West Indies. On 02.11.1935, LINGARD collided in Kattegat with the Svea Company's steamer GERD, which was hit in the side and sank with man and all, 21 people drowned. LINGARD was badly damaged in the foreship and rigging and unmanageable. At the subsequent trial, the fault was found to be GERD's, the opposing party was acquitted. LINGARD was condemned and sold via a scrapping company to Norsk Seilskute Klubb. Repaired and a museum ship, after the war it was converted into a barge.