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Name: BRONZE WINGS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/11/1914
Completed: 03/1915
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 223
Dimensions: 3863grt, 2412nrt, 375.2 x 51.9 x 23.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 367nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 136812
History:
13/03/1915 Wing Steamship Co Ltd (Norman Hallett & Co), London
1917 WL Scott, London
1917 Universal Steam Navigation Co Ltd (P Samuel & Co), London; renamed NOELLE
1922 Redcroft Steam Navigation Co (1921) Ltd, (Lewis Lougher & Co Ltd, managers), London
1922 Renamed LADY CHARLOTTE
1936 DA Kydoniefs, Andros, Greece; renamed MOSCHA D KYDONIEFS
1946 Evgenia J Chandris, Piraeus; renamed VARVASSI
05/01/1947 Wrecked
Comments: 1914: Laid down as RYNFIELD
05/01/1947: Wrecked near the Needles Light House
On a voyage from Bone to Southampton with a cargo of tangerines & ore


Above photo as LADY CHARLOTTE is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as MOSCHA D KYDONIEFS is courtesy of Raul Maya

Above photo as MOSCHA D KYDONIEFS is courtesy of Raul Maya

Above photo as MOSCHA D KYDONIEFS is courtesy of Raul Maya

Newcastle Journal, Monday, 23/11/1914