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Name: FERNDENE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/07/1899
Completed: 09/1899
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 78
Dimensions: 3752grt, 2444nrt, 340.0 x 48.0 x 25.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 39 & 66 x 45ins), 316nhp
Engines by: T Richardson & Sons Ltd, Hartlepool
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 110342
History:
09/1899 Dene Steam Shipping Co Ltd (JT Lunn & Co), Newcastle
24/04/1917 Sank
Comments: 24/04/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U53, 150 miles W of Bishop Rock
On a voyage from Table Bay to London with a cargo of graphite & meal


Above photo courtesy of Photoship

Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 12/07/1899

Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 13/09/1899