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Name: ALUMWELL
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 08/09/1903
Completed: 10/1903
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 145
Dimensions: 2506grt, 1609nrt, 313.0 x 45.0 x 20.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 38 & 61 x 39ins), 253nhp
Engines by: George Clark Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 118622
History:
10/1903 Northern Steamship Co Ltd (GN Patterson & Co), Newcastle
1913 Det Selmerske Rederi, Trondheim; renamed LOCKSLEY
26/07/1917 Sank
Comments: 26/07/1917: Captured & scuttled by U-Boat UC69 off Oporto at 41.23N – 08.51W
On a voyage from Liverpool to Gibraltar with a cargo of coal


Above photo as LOCKSLEY copyright of the Sverresborg Trøndelag Folkemuseum

Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 09/09/1903