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Name: JOHN READHEAD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 06/02/1883
Completed: 03/1883
Builder: John Readhead & Co
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 190
Dimensions: 1703grt, 1103nrt, 257.0 x 34.7 x 19.6ft
Engines: C2cyl (28 & 61 x 36ins), 173nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 82763
History:
08/03/1883 F Rahtkens & Co, Middlesbrough
1905 Dampf Ges Warnow GmbH (F Hillmann), Wismar; renamed WARNOW
1912 Warnow Steamship Co Ltd (J Mitchell & Sons), Dundee
02/05/1917 Sank
Comments: 02/05/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC48 6 miles west of Trevose Head
when outwards from Penarth with a cargo of railway materials


Above photo as JOHN READHEAD is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as WARNOW is courtesy of Photoship