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Name: AFONWEN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/08/1897
Completed: 09/1897
Builder: J Readhead & Sons
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 326
Dimensions: 3324grt, 2128nrt, 326.2 x 47.1 x 23.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 300nhp
Engines by: J Readhead & Sons
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 105191
History:
09/1897 Afonwen Steamship Co Ltd (W & CT Jones), Cardiff
1904 W & CT Jones Steamship Co Ltd, Cardiff
1912 EC Embiricos, Andros; renamed LEONIDAS CAMBANIS
1915 A/S D/S Gotland, Copenhagen; renamed GOTLAND
1915 Muskegon SS Corp, New York; renamed MUSKEGON
1918 Foreign Transport & Mercantile Corp, New York
1919 American Transatlantic Co Inc, New York
1920 Foreign Transport & Mercantile Corp, New York
1921 American Transatlantic Co Inc, New York
1922 Muskegon SS Corp, New York
1923 Foreign Transport & Mercantile Corp, New York
1924 A/S D/S Kirsten Jensen, Copenhagen; renamed KIRSTEN JENSEN
1925 Unknown owner, Genoa; renamed AFONWEN
23/09/1925 Broken up
Comments: 09/09/1924: Caught fire at Silverdale, Green Bay, Newfoundland
23/09/1925: Broken up at Genoa


Photo as AFONWEN courtesy of Kevin Blair

Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 12/08/1897