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Name: HAULWEN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/06/1903
Completed: 08/1903
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 370
Dimensions: 4212grt, 2612nrt, 355.4 x 48.8 x 25.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 42 & 68 x 45ins), 329nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 115379
History:
08/1903 W & CT Jones Steamship Co Ltd, Cardiff
09/06/1917 Sank
Comments: 09/06/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U43, 250 miles NW of Fastnet
On a voyage from Montreal to Manchester with a cargo of wheat


Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox