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Name: EDITH
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched:
Completed: 02/1917
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 301
Dimensions: 710grt, 297nrt, 178.2 x 30.0 x 13.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (16, 26.5 & 43 x 30ins), 98nhp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 139312
History:
14/02/1917 GR Haller Ltd, Hull; registered at Hull
1917 Trimsaran Co Ltd, Hull
1925 Hannevig Bros Ltd, Hull
1925 D/S Martha A/S, Horten, Norway
1925 Bulk Oil Steamship Co Ltd, London; registered at London
1925 Renamed HULL TRADER
1929 Free Trade Wharf Co Ltd, London
23/06/1941 Sank
Comments: 1925: Converted to carry vegetable oil in fore & aft peak tanks
23/06/1941: Sunk by a mine off Cromer. 11 crew died
On a voyage from London to Hull carrying general cargo