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Name: GWLADYS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/07/1908
Completed: 09/1908
Builder: Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 116
Dimensions: 3929grt, 2530nrt, 340.6 x 50.5 x 24.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 40 & 67 x 45ins), 314nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Hartlepool
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 128484
History:
09/1908 'Gwladys' Steamship Co Ltd (WT Symonds, P Samuel & Co Ltd), Cardiff
1911 Manager became P Samuel & Co Ltd
1915 Universal Steam Navigation Co Ltd (P Samuel & Co Ltd), Cardiff
1924 Regier Shipping Co Ltd, London; renamed CROMERTON
1925 Anglo Commercial Shipping Co Ltd (Regier Shipping Co Ltd), London
1927 TE Evans & Co Ltd, London; renamed PURLEY DOWNS
1934 Euxine Shipping Co Ltd, London; renamed HENDRIK
15/04/1935 Wrecked
Comments: 15/04/1935: Wrecked 5 miles W of Tarifa, Spain
On a voyage from Antwerp to Alexandria carrying general cargo


Jarrow Express, Friday, 17/07/1908