SS NIOBE (SRMC, LR/IMO) Valmistunut/completed: 1883.4, Sunderland, Southwick, Robert Thompson & Sons Ld.
1260 dwt, 680 HP, 69.43 x 9.75 x height 4.26 m.
1883.4: KINGSCOTE, Eccles, Edward & Co. (Edward Eccles), Newcastle 1908: NIOBE, Hudiksvalls Rederi A/B, Hudiksvall, Sverige. 1918: Rederi A/B Niobe, Stockholm.
1921: NIOBE, homeport Helsinki. Rederi A/B Star, Helsinki.
1923: ANVALL, Rederi A/B Vallde, Oskarshamn.
1935: ZIVA, homeport Mariehamn. Rederiaktiebolaget Ziva (Albert Jansson, Saltvik). Flag of convenience. 1937.3.22: enroute England - Turku with coke cargo fire in boiler room east of Öland. Finnish ss WALMA saved all the crew. Finnish ss OTAVA towed to Oskarshamn. Repaired in Turku. 1937: ZIVA, homeport Helsinki. Rederi Ab Mars (Torsten Avellan, Unionink. 15) Helsinki 1938: TORAS, homeport Helsinki. Helsingin Kalastus Oy (Torasjoen Saha Oy, Suojärvi. Mgr. Yrjö Hurstinen, Bulevardink. 34) Helsinki. 1938 summer: support ship for herring fishing in Icelandic waters.
1939.11.19: TORAS, Germans captured. 1940: FIDUCIA, German Navy (Reederei J. Jost, Flensburg).
1942: TORAS, Finnish Government (Merenkulkuhallitus) Helsinki. 1946: returned to owners.
1947.1.18: enroute Kotka - København loaded with timber foundered in heavy ice north of Kaunissaari, near Kotka. The crew of 19 were rescued by Finnish icbreaker TARMO.
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