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Name: JOSHUA NICHOLSON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/10/1880
Completed: 12/1880
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 28
Dimensions: 1853grt, 1196nrt, 270.0 x 35.0 x 24.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (32 & 62 x 40ins), 160nhp; (1894: T3cyl (18, 30 & 48 x 40ins), 150nhp)
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (1894: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 79243
History:
02/12/1880 Charles Tully & Co, North Shields
1886 Joshua Nicholson Steamship Co Ltd (Stephens & Mawson), Newcastle
1898 Westcott & Laurance, London
1901 Joshua Nicholson Steamship Co Ltd (Westcott & Laurance), London
18/03/1917 Sank
Comments: 1894: Engine tripled
18/03/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U70 off Wolf Rock
On a voyage from London to Alexandria carrying general cargo


Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley