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Name: ASHINGTON
Type: Cargo ship
Launched: 14/03/1892
Completed: 05/1892
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 51
Dimensions: 885grt, 561nrt, 206.7 x 30.1 x 14.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (17, 28.5 & 46 x 33ins), 98nhp
Engines by: J Dickinson & Co, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 97994
History:
05/1892 Ashington Coal Co (W Milburn & Co), Newcastle
1905 NV Mij tot Explotatie v/het ss Betsy Anna (WA Berghuys), Amsterdam
1905 Renamed BETSY ANNA
12/10/1926 Sank
Comments: 17/08/1926: Grounded on Prawle Point, Devon
On a voyage from Fleetwood to Rotterdam in ballast
Subsequently refloated & taken in tow by the tug TRUSTEE
12/10/1926: Sank while under tow 12 miles off the Needles
On a voyage from Salcombe to Cowes


Above photos as BETSY ANNA courtesy of Photoship

Above photos as BETSY ANNA courtesy of Photoship

Above photos as BETSY ANNA courtesy of Photoship