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Name: GARDENIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/05/1914
Completed: 07/1914
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 191
Dimensions: 3108grt, 1899nrt, 331.2 x 48.0 x 22.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (22.5, 36.5 & 62 x 42ins), 249nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 8.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 133327
History:
09/07/1914 Stag Line Ltd (J Robinson & Sons), North Shields
1923 Charlton Steam Shipping Co Ltd (Charlton, McAllum & Co Ltd), Newcastle
1923 Renamed HAVENSIDE
1927 Crandon Shipping Co Ltd (Gridley, Parker & Fifoot), Cardiff
1927 Renamed CRANDON
1933 New Era Steamship Co Ltd (FS Dawson), Cardiff; renamed DAVID DAWSON
1935 USSR (Baltic Shipping Co), Leningrad; renamed KUZBASS
26/09/1944 Wrecked
Comments: 26/09/1944: Wrecked in NE Siberia, 50 miles SW of Nunligran, Chukotka
On a voyage from Ugolnaya Bay to Providenia in ballast


Above photo as HAVENSIDE is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Jarrow Express, Friday, 29/05/1914