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Name: BEDFORD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/12/1879
Completed: 12/1879
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 22
Dimensions: 1845grt, 1199nrt, 270.0 x 35.0 x 24.4ft
Engines: C2cyl (33 & 63 x 39ins), 187nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 79229
History:
17/01/1880 William H Atkinson, North Shields
1888 Cay, Hall & Co, North Shields
1896 Thomas W Spencer (A Cay), North Shields
1899 John W Love & Co, North Shields
1902 Managers became Robertson Mackie & Co, Glasgow
1903 Iberian Steamship Co Ltd (JH Wackerbarth & Co), Glasgow; renamed CASTILLA
1907 Managers became Whimster & Co, Glasgow
1911 Gart Steamship Co Ltd (Whimster & Co),Glasgow; renamed GARTMORE
1914 The Admiralty
1914 Scuttled
Comments: 1914: Purchased by The Admiralty for use as a blockship & scuttled at Scapa Flow