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Name: ENIDWEN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 06/06/1899
Completed: 07/1899
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 340
Dimensions: 3594grt, 2315nrt, 341.0 x 46.6 x 24.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 65 x 45ins), 293nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 109785
History:
07/1899 Enidwen Steamship Co Ltd (W & CT Jones), Cardiff
1904 W & CT Jones Steamship Co Ltd, Cardiff
08/06/1917 Sank
Comments: 08/06/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U69, 170 miles NW of Fastnet Rock
On a voyage from Cuba to Queenstown with a cargo of sugar


Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 07/06/1899