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Name: GWENDOLINE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/10/1882
Completed: 12/1882
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 481
Dimensions: 1521grt, 969nrt, 260.4 x 35.2 x 16.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (31& 59 x 42ins), 174nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 87023
History:
14/12/1882 Wilson & Co, London
1891 Thomson & Port, London
1893 Burdick & Cook, London
1898 Gwendoline Steam Ship Co Ltd (Mordey, Jones & Co), Newport
1913 Palgrave, Murphy & Co, Dublin
1914 Renamed CITY OF SWANSEA
25/09/1917 Sank
Comments: 25/09/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB40, 15 miles ENE of Berry Head
On a voyage from the Tyne to Boucau with a cargo of coal