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Name: HOLMSIDE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 06/04/1893
Completed: 05/1893
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 44
Dimensions: 843grt, 531nrt, 206.7 x 30.2 x 13.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (17, 28 & 46 x 30ins), 99nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 101826
History:
05/1893 William R Swanston & Sons, Newcastle
1924 Swanston Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle
1925 Ergasteria Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle; renamed FERNANDO
1927 Paul Muscat, Newcastle
1928 Victor J Tomich, Newcastle
1930 Eugen Matkovic, Split, Yugoslavia; renamed LINA MATKOVIC
1Q/1935 Broken up
Comments: 1Q/1935: Broken up in Yugoslavia


Above photo as HOLMSIDE is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Above photo as HOLMSIDE is courtesy of Fokke Sytema

Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 09/05/1893