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Name: ELSWICK MANOR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/12/1900
Completed: 02/1901
Builder: Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 64
Dimensions: 3942grt, 2578nrt, 340.0 x 47.2 x 20.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 67 x 45ins), 314nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 8.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 110370
History:
02/1901 Elswick Steam Shipping Co Ltd (Weidner, Hopkins & Co Ltd), Newcastle
19/04/1917 Sank
Comments: 19/04/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U84 when 180 miles W of Ouessant
On a voyage from the Tyne to Naples with a cargo of coal


Above photo courtesy of Clive Ketley

Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 24/12/1900