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Name: ETHELHILDA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/06/1897
Completed: 08/1897
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 211
Dimensions: 2902grt, 1874nrt, 326.0 x 41.0 x 24.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 38 & 61 x 39ins), 251nhp
Engines by: North-East Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 106105
History:
08/1897 JH Harrowing, Whitby
1909 Robert Harrowing, Whitby
1908 Harrowing Steamship Co Ltd (Robt Harrowing), Whitby
1916 Anglo-Baltic Shipping Co Ltd, Cardiff
1918 Western Counties Shipping Co Ltd (E Edwards & Sons), Cardiff
1920 Renamed ETHELMEAD
1922 Karch & Knott, London
1922 A Chandris, Chios; renamed EVGENIA
1925 JD Chandris, Chios
07/07/1928 Stranded
Comments: 07/07/1928: Stranded off San Raphael
On a voyage from San Raphael to Rotterdam in ballast
08/07/1928: Refloated and beached at Frejus
09/07/1928: Capsized and became a total loss. Wreck subsequently sold


Above photo as ETHELHILDA courtesy of Richard Cox