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Name: EDENMOOR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 20/04/1898
Completed: 06/1898
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 328
Dimensions: 3248grt, 2116nrt, 326.0 x 47.1 x 23.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 300nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 108363
History:
06/1898 Walter Runciman & Co, London
01/1900 Sank
Comments: 20/12/1899: Lost propeller & broken tail shaft 1000 miles east of New York
On a voyage from Pensacola to Rotterdam with a cargo of timber & lumber
26/12/1899: Taken in tow by RAMON LAVUNGA
Salvage attempt eventually abandoned
01/01/1900: Crew taken off by HIRUNDA
Presumed to have subsequently sunk


Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 18/01/1900