Name: | AMELIA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/06/1906 |
Completed: | 08/1906 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 767 |
Dimensions: | 1271grt, 714nrt, 227.3 x 31.7 x 13.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (21, 34 & 56 x 36ins), 246nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 117728 |
History: | |
08/1906 | Donald Steamship Co Ltd (TL Evans), Bristol |
1917 | Donald Steamship Co, New York |
1918 | Atlantic Fruit Co, New York |
1922 | Amelia SS Corp (Atlantic Fruit & Sugar Co), New York |
1930 | N Geraci & Co Inc, Colon; renamed YUMURI |
1932 | Scuttled |
Comments: | 1932: Scuttled as part of a breakwater at Alvaro Obregon, Mexico |
Above photo is believed to be of AMELIA and is courtesy of Ray Perry
Shields Daily News, Monday, 25/06/1906