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Name: SKOTLAND
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/12/1889
Completed: 04/1890
Builder: T & W Smith
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 100
Dimensions: 594grt, 344nrt, 175.2 x 28.2 x 13.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (13.5, 22.5 & 36 x 27ins), 74nhp
Engines by: E Scott & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
04/1890 D/S 'Nordsøen' (H Christensen), Copenhagen
1900 D/S Dania (C Andresen), Esbjerg; renamed MARY
29/11/1914 Sank
Comments: Ordered by Fisher, Renwick & Co, Newcastle but sold before delivery
29/11/1914: Mined & sunk 10 miles NW of the Dowsing Light Vessel
On a voyage from Hernösand via Blyth to Shoreham with a cargo of timber


Above photo as MARY is copyright of the Museet for Sofarts

Newcastle Evening Chronicle, Saturday, 28/12/1889

Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 07/04/1890