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Name: WATERLOO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 31/08/1882
Completed: 08/1882
Builder: John Readhead & Co
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 185
Dimensions: 1450grt, 903nrt, 255.0 x 36.0 x 17.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (26.5 & 57 x 36ins), 158nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 84868
History:
08/1882 WDC Balls, North Shields
1888 WDC Balls & Son, North Shields
1913 Rederi A/B Ocean (H Persson & Co), Landskrona; renamed TORBJÖRN
1924 Rederi A/B Wallonia (M Wedlin), Helsingborg; renamed MARS
21/12/1939 Sank
Comments: 21/12/1939: Mined and sank in about 57N – 0.20E
On a voyage from Leith to Vinga with a cargo of coal


Above photo as TORBJÖRN copyright of the Robert Boman Collection

Above photo as MARS copyright of the Robert Boman Collection