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Name: ALBA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 10/10/1901
Completed: 11/1901
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 96
Dimensions: 3733grt, 2420nrt, 353.5 x 47.3 x 25.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 66 x 48ins), 345nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 114790
History:
11/1901 English & North American Shipping Co Ltd (CT Bowring & Co), London
30/01/1905 Wrecked
Comments: 30/01/1905: Wrecked at Zandvoort, The Netherlands
On a voyage from Newport News to Amsterdam with a cargo of maize


Above photo of the wreck of the ALBA is courtesy of Arie de Lange

Western Times, Friday, 03/02/1905