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Name: HYDRA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/08/1873
Completed: 12/1873
Builder: Edward Lindsay
Yard: St Lawrence, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 393grt, 245nrt, 154.7 x 23.8 x 13.8ft
Engines: CI2cyl (18.5 & 36 x 24ins), 50nhp
Engines by: Pattison & Atkinson, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 67388
History:
24/12/1873 Jobson Bros, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle
1876 John Bennett, Old Goole; registered at Goole
1890 Bennett Steam Ship Co Ltd, Goole
1893 Vestlandske Lloyd (Erik Rusten), Bergen; renamed STETTIN
08/02/1908 Det Nordenfjeldske Dampskibsselskab, Trondheim
05/12/1916 Sank
Comments: 08/12/1893: Goole registration cancelled
05/12/1916: Captured & scuttled by U-Boat U58, 90 miles SW of Bergen
On a voyage from Bergen to the Tyne carrying general cargo


Above photo as HYDRA is courtesy of Clive Ketley