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Name: ETHELSTAN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 18/07/1905
Completed: 08/1905
Builder: R Stephenson & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 93
Dimensions: 3738grt, 2301nrt, 340.1 x 47.1 x 20.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 67 x 45ins), 340nhp
Engines by: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 118854
History:
11/1901 Harrowing Steamship Co Ltd, Whitby
1911 R Harrowing & Co, Whitby
1919 Rhondda Merthyr Shipping Co Ltd, Cardiff
1922 Ono Shokai KK, Dairen, Japan; renamed TENYU MARU
1928 Dairen Sato Kuni Kisen KK, Dairen, Japan
1936 Dairen Sugaya Keitei Shokai, Dairen, Japan
04/09/1942 Sank
Comments: 04/09/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by USS GUARDFISH in Kuji Bay, Honshu


Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox

Jarrow Express, Friday, 21/07/1905