Name: | GARDENIA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 23/05/1914 |
Completed: | 07/1914 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 191 |
Dimensions: | 3108grt, 1899nrt, 331.2 x 48.0 x 22.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22.5, 36.5 & 62 x 42ins), 249nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 8.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 133327 |
History: | |
09/07/1914 | Stag Line Ltd (J Robinson & Sons), North Shields |
1923 | Charlton Steam Shipping Co Ltd (Charlton, McAllum & Co Ltd), Newcastle |
1923 | Renamed HAVENSIDE |
1927 | Crandon Shipping Co Ltd (Gridley, Parker & Fifoot), Cardiff |
1927 | Renamed CRANDON |
1933 | New Era Steamship Co Ltd (FS Dawson), Cardiff; renamed DAVID DAWSON |
1935 | USSR (Baltic Shipping Co), Leningrad; renamed KUZBASS |
26/09/1944 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 26/09/1944: Wrecked in NE Siberia, 50 miles SW of Nunligran, Chukotka |
On a voyage from Ugolnaya Bay to Providenia in ballast |
Above photo as HAVENSIDE is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Jarrow Express, Friday, 29/05/1914