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