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Name: ISLE OF LEWIS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/06/1903
Completed: 07/1903
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 142
Dimensions: 3067grt, 1981nrt, 323.0 x 47.0 x 22.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 283nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 118614
History:
07/1903 Isles Steam Shipping Co Ltd (Dixon, Robson & Co), Newcastle
1917 Managers became BJ Sutherland & Co Ltd
1920 Renamed JURA
1922 Noguchi Kisen KK, Kobe; renamed OMONO MARU
1923 Kawasaki Kisen KK, Kobe
11/10/1923 Wrecked
Comments: 11/10/1923: Wrecked at Taneichi, Iwate Prefecture


Above photo as JURA courtesy of Clive Ketley