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Name: HUELVA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 29/10/1894
Completed: 12/1894
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 301
Dimensions: 2642grt, 1691nrt, 303.0 x 41.6 x 19.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 36 & 61 x 42ins), 252nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 104818
History:
12/1894 English & American Shipping Co Ltd (CT Bowring & Co), London
1913 Steamship Mary Co Ltd (Alexander & Mair), Glasgow; renamed MYRTLE GROVE
23/11/1917 Sank
Comments: 23/11/1917: Sank after a collision with MINERAL, 10 miles SWxW of the Needles
On a voyage from Manchester to France with a cargo of hay