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Name: LINGFIELD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/07/1889
Completed: 09/1889
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 145
Dimensions: 2313grt, 1486nrt, 290.0 x 39.8 x 19.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 36 & 59 x 39ins), 223nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 96629
History:
09/1889 Lingfield Steam Ship Co Ltd (WR Price & Co), London
1897 Managers became Harris & Dixon
1899 Manager became J Ruthen
1901 Angfartygs A/B Nordsjön (A Bratt & Co), Gothenburg
1901 Renamed GUSTAV ADOLF
1918 Angfartygs A/B Tirfing (A Broström & Son), Gothenburg; renamed ERLAND
1919 Rederi A/B Sverige (VR Olburs), Gothenburg; renamed CAVALLA
1925 Rederi A/B Cordelia (GE Sandström), Gothenburg; renamed CORDELIA
1936 Springwell Shipping Co Ltd
Q1/1936 Broken up
Comments: 1936: Sold as part of the UK Scrap and Build scheme
Q1/1936: Broken up at Gothenburg by Lindholmen-Motala


Above photo as CORDELIA copyright of Raul Maya