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Name: IRWELL
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 10/05/1906
Completed: 05/1906
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 758
Dimensions: 1040grt, 441nrt, 255.0 x 36.1 x 16.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 38 & 62 x 42ins), 343nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 14.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 122954
History:
05/1906 Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Co, Goole
1922 London & North Western Railway Co, Goole
1923 London, Midland & Scottish Railway, Goole
1948 British Transport Commission, Goole
03/04/1954 Broken up
Comments: 03/04/1954: Broken up at Gateshead by JJ King & Co


Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above: Aground on the Apex Light. Photo courtesy of Richard Cox

Shields Daily News, Friday, 11/05/1906