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Name: STEPHEN
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 20/09/1910
Completed: 12/1910
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 440
Dimensions: 4177grt, 2633nrt, 355.5 x 50.3 x 23.5ft; (1911: 4435grt, 2808nrt, 376.5 x 50.3 x 23.6ft)
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 67 x 48ins), 400nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 131311
History:
10/12/1910 Booth Steamship Co Ltd., Liverpool
15/12/1934 Broken up
Comments: Built for the Liverpool to South America - Amazon trade
STEPHEN, DENIS & PANCRAS were sister ships from the same builder
Accommodation for 34 x 1st & 100 x Steerage Class passengers
05/1911: Lengthened to 376.5ft by Hawthorn Leslie & Co at Hebburn
A new section 20.9ft inserted just foreward of the bridge
05/1918 to 04/1919: Requisitioned by The Admiralty as a stores carrier
15/12/1934: Arrived at Briton Ferry to be broken up by TW Ward
21/12/1934: Breaking up commenced


Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 21/09/1910