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Name: SOUTHERN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 21/03/1916
Completed: 08/1916
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 192
Dimensions: 5694grt, 4208nrt, 400.6 x 52.0 x 33.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (26, 43 & 72 x 48ins), 455nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 139144
History:
07/08/1916 Harris & Dixon Ltd, London
1918 Cie des Chargeurs de l’Extrème Orient, Marseille
1918 Renamed LIEUTENANT JEAN LAURENT
1925 Turnbull Coal & Shipping Co Ltd, Cardiff; renamed COGANDALE
05/04/1930 Sank
Comments: 05/04/1930: Sank after stranding on James & Mary Quicksands in the River Hooghly
On a voyage from Aden to Calcutta with a cargo of salt


Above photo as COGANDALE is copyright of the Turnbull Scott Collection