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Name: GWENTLAND
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 03/12/1881
Completed: 12/1881
Builder: John Readhead & Co
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 176
Dimensions: 1553grt, 1012nrt, 250.9 x 35.2 x 17.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (29 & 55 x 36ins), 145nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 84668
History:
09/01/1882 Gwentland SS Co Ltd (Morel Bros & Co), Cardiff
1895 Managers became Morel Ltd
1907 A/S D/S Sonja (Sven O Stray & Co), Kristiansand; renamed SONJA
1917 A/S Excelsior Sven O Stray & Co), Kristiansand
1926 A/S Sonja (AI Langfeldt), Kristiansand
1931 Broken up
Comments: 1931: Broken up in Q4


Above photo as GWENTLAND courtesy of Photoship