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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