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Name: PARKHAVEN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 18/12/1907
Completed: 05/1908
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 800
Dimensions: 2655grt, 1682nrt, 312.0 x 46.0 x 20.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (21.5, 35 & 58 x 42ins), 237nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
05/1908 NV Mij s/s Parkhaven (Gebr van Uden), Rotterdam
19/10/1917 Sank
Comments: Launched as BEAZLEY for Beazley & Co, Newcastle
19/10/1917: Captured, shelled & sunk by U-Boat U53, 15 miles off Noord Hinder LV
On a voyage from Rotterdam to Newcastle in ballast


Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Thursday, 19/12/1907