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Name: TREWYN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/01/1903
Completed: 09/03/1903
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 367
Dimensions: 3084grt, 1989nrt, 323.0 x 47.1 x 23.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 281nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 115645
History:
03/1903 Hain Steamship Co Ltd (E Hain & Son), St Ives
30/03/1916 Sank
Comments: 30/03/1916: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U28, W of Gibraltar at 47.30N - 07.30W
On a voyage from Algiers to Middlesbrough with a cargo of iron ore
All 23 crew died.


Above photo courtesy of Stuart Smith

Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 16/01/1903