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Name: HOLMWOOD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 30/04/1912
Completed: 06/1912
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 194
Dimensions: 4223grt, 2723nrt, 379.9 x 49.1 x 26.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 372nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 132732
History:
15/06/1912 Francis S Holland, London
26/08/1914 Sank
Comments: 26/08/1914: Captured & scuttled by SMS DRESDEN,
170 miles SxW of Cabo Santa Marta Grande, southern Brazil
On a voyage from Newport to Bahia Blanca with a cargo of coal


Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 18/06/1912