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Name: FOXLEY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/02/1906
Completed: 04/1906
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 135
Dimensions: 4274grt, 2772nrt, 360.5 x 48.0 x 28.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (24.5, 40 & 68 x 48ins), 362nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 120692
History:
04/1906 Reliance Shipping Co Ltd (Houlder, Middleton & Co), London
18/03/1912 Wrecked
Comments: 18/03/1912: Wrecked on Sir John Narborough Island at the entrance to the
Straits of Magellan on a voyage from Iquique to USA ports with nitrate


Shields Daily News, Monday, 26/02/1906

Shields Daily News, Saturday, 06/07/1912