Name: | LADYKIRK |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 13/08/1904 |
Completed: | 09/1904 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 117 |
Dimensions: | 2300grt, 1492nrt, 295.0 x 46.0 x 19.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22, 36 & 60 x 39ins), 247nhp |
Engines by: | Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 119955 |
History: | |
09/1904 | Seville & United Kingdom Carrying Co Ltd (J Cory & Sons Ltd), Cardiff |
1919 | Orders & Handford Steamship Co Ltd (J Cory), Cardiff |
1932 | Wiides O/Y (Antti Wihuri), Helsingfors; renamed WIIDES |
1941 | Finska Angfartygs A/B, Helsingfors |
23/02/1944 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 23/02/1944: Wrecked on a sandbank off the Elbe 3 Light Vessel |
On a voyage from Gavle to Bremen with a cargo of iron ore |
Above painting as WIIDES is copyright of Erkki Riimala
Shields Daily News, Monday, 15/08/1904