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Name: BLODWEN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/07/1894
Completed: 08/1894
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 298
Dimensions: 2978grt, 1945nrt, 315.0 x 41.5 x 22.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61.5 x 42ins), 243nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 98444
History:
08/1894 Blodwen Steamship Co Ltd (WH & CT Jones), Cardiff
1904 W & CT Jones Steamship Co Ltd, Cardiff
1912 J Diacakis & Co, Syra; renamed EUGENIA J DIACAKIS
02/07/1918 Wrecked
Comments: 02/07/1918: Wrecked on Egg Island off Halifax, Nova Scotia


Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 09/07/1894