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Name: KILLINGWORTH
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 1855
Completed: 1855
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 8
Dimensions: 607grt, 466nrt, 167.7 x 27.9 x 16.4ft
Engines: 2cyl, 70hp; (by 1874: 2cyl (34.5 & 34.5 x 26ins), 70hp)
Engines by: R Morrison & Co, Ouseburn Iron Works, Newcastle;
(by 1874: T Richardson & Sons, Hartlepool)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 26450
History:
17/01/1855 Nicholas Wood & Partners; registered at Sunderland
by 1871 Lindsay Wood, Fencehouses
by 1876 John Wood, London
1877 Registered at London
by 1890 John Sinclair, West Hartlepool; registered at West Hartlepool
by 1896 Mans B Olsen, West Hartlepool
by 1905 Aktie SS Skaatö (N Chr Sorensen), Stavanger; renamed SKAATÖ
1905 Keneth Mackenzie, Stornoway; registered at Glasgow
by 1907 Rederiaktieb Tagaborg (CG Carlstrom, manager); registered at Helsingborg
10/01/1908 Wrecked
Comments: 10/01/1908: Wrecked off Colberg


Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox