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Name: AIDAN
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/07/1911
Completed: 11/1911
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 179
Dimensions: 4545grt, 2875nrt, 375.9 x 50.3 x 23.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 67 x 48ins), 456nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 131392
History:
18/10/1911 Booth Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool
17/07/1936 Broken up
Comments: Built for the Liverpool to Brazil service
Accommodation for 146 x passengers, cabin & steerage
17/07/1936: Broken up at Savona by Ricuperi Metallici


Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Above photo is copyright of the Dickinson Album

Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 16/11/1911