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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