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Name: ETHELGONDA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 10/06/1891
Completed: 07/1891
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 272
Dimensions: 2692grt, 1726nrt, 300.0 x 41.5 x 20.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61.5 x 42ins), 247nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 99135
History:
07/1891 JH Harrowing, Whitby
1898 Chas Hill & Sons, Bristol
1899 A Harrowing, Whitby; renamed AISLABY
1901 JH Harrowing, Whitby
1905 Asolvesby Steamship Co Ltd (Robert Harrowing & Co), Whitby
1911 W Coupland & Co, Newcastle
27/12/1916 Sank
Comments: 04/06/1897: Wrecked near Micoud, St Lucia
On a voyage from Buenos Aires to Boston with a cargo of wool
20/09/1897: Refloated and subsequently sold
27/12/1916: Sank after being captured and scuttled by U-Boat U46 when
10 miles off Estaca Point on a voyage from Lisbon to Bilbao in ballast.


Above photo as AISLABY courtesy of Richard Cox