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Name: TYNEFIELD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 05/02/1901
Completed: 02/1901
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 132
Dimensions: 3506grt, 2257nrt, 335.0 x 48.0 x 24.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 39 & 66 x 45ins), 311nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 112818
History:
02/1901 Tynefield Steamship Co Ltd, London
1901 Low-Wood Steamship Co Ltd, London
1907 Jacob Christensen, Bergen; renamed CECIL
28/02/1918 Wrecked
Comments: 28/02/1918: Wrecked at Mariguana, Bahamas
On a voyage from Norfolk (Va) to Colon with a cargo of coal


Above photo as TYNEFIELD courtesy of Richard Cox