| Name: | BARON BERWICK |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 25/07/1956 |
| Completed: | 10/1956 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 589 |
| Dimensions: | 5471grt, 2800nrt, 456.7 x 57.6 x 25.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (25, 42 & 70 x 45ins) + LP turbine, 3350ihp |
| Engines by: | John Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 180212 |
| History: | |
| 16/10/1956 | Kelvin Shipping Co Ltd (H Hogarth & Sons Ltd), Ardrossan |
| 1965 | Maureen Corporation, Port au Prince, Haiti; renamed FILTRIC |
| 1966 | Registered at Piraeus |
| 13/01/1970 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 12/01/1970: Cargo shifted & abandoned 5 miles south of Cape Finisterre |
| 13/01/1970: Aground and wrecked near Cape Finisterre off El Pindo | |
| On a voyage from Copenhagen to Alexandria |
Above photo as BARON BERWICK is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo as BARON BERWICK is copyright of Malcolm Donnelly
Above photo as BARON BERWICK is copyright of Malcolm Donnelly
Above photo as BARON BERWICK is copyright of A Duncan
Above photo as FILTRIC is courtesy of Ships Nostalgia