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Name: ARAD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 30/09/1901
Completed: 30/11/1901
Builder: Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune, Low Walker
Yard Number: 381
Dimensions: 3927grt, 2431nrt, 366.0 x 48.2 x 25.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (22.5, 40 & 66 x 48ins), 361nhp
Engines by: J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw; 10.8knots (trials)
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
30/11/1901 Royal Hungarian Sea Navigation Co Adria Ltd, Fiume
22/02/1919 The Shipping Controller, London
20/03/1919 Stranded
Comments: Contract Price Ł70936; Loss Ł3057-0s-8d
1914: Traded between Sweden & Germany with iron ore
Later she was laid up in Amsterdam
22/02/1919: Allocated to the UK as part of war reparations
13/03/1919: Mined near Terschelling & beached to prevent sinking
When on passage from Delfzijl to Rotterdam
20/03/1919: Declared a constructive total loss


Above photo copyright of Magyar Muszaki és Közlekedési Múzeum