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Name: APHRODITE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 01/08/1905
Completed: 08/1905
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 154
Dimensions: 3593grt, 2325nrt, 348.7 x 50.1 x 23.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 39 & 66 x 45ins), 317nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 120596
History:
08/1905 Cornhill Steamship Co Ltd (Harris & Dixon Ltd), London
1912 Redcroft Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Lewis Lougher & Co), Cardiff
1912 Renamed LADY CHARLOTTE
11/05/1917 Wrecked
Comments: 11/05/1917: Wrecked at Porth Ellick, St Mary’s, Scillies at 49.55N – 06.18W
On a voyage from Cardiff to Alexandria with a cargo of coal


Above photo as LADY CHARLOTTE courtesy of Photoship