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Name: GOSFORTH
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 25/07/1904
Completed: 08/1904
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 122
Dimensions: 1250grt, 7772nrt, 235.0 x 33.5 x 17.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (18.5, 30 & 49 x 33ins), 156nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 106642
History:
08/1904 Burnett Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle
1911 A/S Finn Lund, Drammen; renamed FINN LUND
1915 Pelton Steamship Co Ltd; renamed CANTO
1927 Sicula Carboni SiA, Catania; renamed VIRGINIA MUNZONE
1930 M Smiltnieks & A Stengrevics, Latvia; renamed KLINTS
1945 USSR (Black Sea Shipping Co), Odessa ; renamed SKADOVSK
No further history known
Comments: 1960: Deleted from Lloyds Register as continued existance in doubt


Above photo as CANTP is courtesy of Richard Cox

Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 26/07/1904