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Name: CYMMRODORION
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 26/02/1884
Completed: 1884
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 140
Dimensions: 1706grt, 982nrt, 260.0 x 36.3 x 19.4ft
Engines: C2cyl (29 & 63 x 39ins), 191nhp
Engines by: Black, Hawthorn & Co, Gateshead
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 89174
History:
1884 Cymmrodorion Steam Ship Co Ltd (Jones & Thomas), Cardiff
1900 Rederi A/B Nike (WRB Lundgren), Gothenburg; renamed ZELOS
1908 Rederi A/B Transatlantic (WRB Lundgren), Gothenburg
1912 Rederi A/B Disa (Erik A Brodin), Gefle / Stockholm
1937 Rederi A/B Mars (T Avellan), Helsingfors; renamed ZILOS
1938 O/Y Suomi Shipping A/B (CS Bergstrom), Helsingfors
1949 Rederi A/B Uleċ (B Carrell), Helsingfors; renamed ULEĊ
28/09/1952 Broken up
Comments: 28/09/1952: Arrived at Antwerp for breaking up
12/1952: Breaking up began by VF Van Loo


Above photo, taken at Odessa in 1890, is courtesy of David Asprey