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Name: HEREFORD
Type: Cargo ship
Launched: 01/08/1890
Completed: 09/1890
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 36
Dimensions: 2641grt, 1670nrt, 300.0 x 40.2 x 20.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 36 & 59 x 42ins), 243nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 95768
History:
09/1890 Great Western Steam Ship Co Ltd (M Whitwill & Sons), Bristol
1895 D/S Helga (H Isachsen), Grimstad; renamed HELGA
1912 A/S Baltic (Anders Isachsen), Grimstad
1918 The Shipping Controller (J Gardiner & Co), London
1919 Returned to owners
1920 C & M Carras & CM Lemos, Piraeus; renamed IOANNIS CARRAS
28/11/1920 Wrecked
Comments: 28/11/1920: Wrecked on Chaussee Large, Les Pierres Noires
On a voyage from Bilbao to Cardiff with a cargo of iron ore


Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox