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Name: CORNWALL
Type: Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/09/1896
Completed: 14/11/1896
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 339
Dimensions: 5490grt, 3554nrt, 420.0 x 54.0 x 28.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (30, 48 & 78 x 54ins), 505nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 105897
History:
14/11/1896 Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London
1913 Coe & Clerici, Genoa; renamed ATLANTIDE
09/02/1918 Sank
Comments: Accommodation for 12 x 1st & 150 x 3rd Class passengers
1899 to1902: Used as a troop transport for New Zealand troops during Boer War
09/02/1918: Sunk by U-Boat U156 off Madeira
On a voyage from Genoa to New Orleans


Above photo as CORNWALL copyright of Allan Green

Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 24/09/1896