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Name: LADY BERTHA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/08/1877
Completed: 1877
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 74
Dimensions: 730grt, 460nrt, 186.0 x 26.7 x 15.7ft
Engines: CI2cyl (27 & 50 x 33ins), 98hp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 70513
History:
1877 Richards, Power & Co, Swansea
1883 Fisher, Renwick & Co, Newcastle
1890 Samuel Bros, Newcastle
1899 Lady Bertha Steamship Co Ltd, Llanelly
1917 London Transport Co Ltd (EJ Heinz), London
Q1/1928 Broken up
Comments: Q1/1928: Broken up at Preston by TW Ward


Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox