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Name: ALDERSGATE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/04/1889
Completed: 06/1889
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 139
Dimensions: 2271grt, 1476nrt, 289.5 x 39 x 21.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (22.5, 36.5 & 60 x 39ins), 240nhp
Engines by: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 96589
History:
06/1889 Aldersgate Steam Ship Co Ltd (HW Dillon), London
1895 Dowgate Steam Ship Co Ltd (HW Dillon), London
1898 Oakfield SS Co Ltd (F Woods), London
1899 B Embiricos, Andros; renamed LEONIDAS & ELENI
1915 A/S Girda (AH Arvesen), Christiania; renamed GIRDA
1916 Ellingsen & Johannessen, Bergen; renamed STORLI
02/10/1917 Sank
Comments: 02/10/1917: Foundered in position 46.10N 39W
On a voyage from Newport News to Le Havre with a cargo of flour