| Name: | ELVET |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 05/02/1912 |
| Completed: | 04/1912 |
| Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
| Yard: | Walker |
| Yard Number: | 177 |
| Dimensions: | 1289grt, 678nt, 240.0 x 33.5 x 15.4ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 35ins), 210nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 129797 |
| History: | |
| 15/04/1912 | Sharp Steamship Co Ltd (Sharp & Co), Newcastle |
| 1925 | Manor Line (London) Ltd (C Angel & Co), Cardiff |
| 1925 | Renamed EMSWORTH MANOR |
| 1930 | Henley Steamship Co Ltd, Cardiff |
| 1934 | Drakelow Steamship Co Ltd (Angel, Bethell & Co Ltd), Cardiff |
| 1936 | Renamed DRAKEDENE |
| 1937 | Stanhope Steamship Co Ltd (JA Billmeir & Co Ltd); renamed STANGATE |
| 07/12/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | 07/12/1942: Sank after a collision with AGIOS GEORGIOS, 8 miles NE of Hartlepool |
| On a voyage from the Tyne to Portsmouth with a cargo of coal |
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