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Name: DERWEN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 14/01/1899
Completed: 02/1899
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 337
Dimensions: 3544grt, 2285nrt, 341.0 x 46.6 x 24.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 65 x 45ins), 293nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 109778
History:
02/1899 Derwen Steamship Co Ltd (W & CT Jones), Cardiff
1904 W & CT Jones Steamship Co Ltd, Cardiff
08/12/1911 Wrecked
Comments: 08/12/1911: Wrecked at Cape Sagres & beached in Sagres Bay. Total loss
On a voyage from Kherson to Rotterdam with a cargo of grain