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Name: LOCKSLEY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 29/03/1884
Completed: 05/1884
Builder: George K Smith & Co / Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd
Yard: Whitehill Point, North Shields / Wallsend
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 121grt, 74nrt, 91.0 x 20.2 x 8.0ft; (1915: 131grt, 72nrt)
Engines: C2cyl (11 & 20 x 16ins), 20nhp
Engines by: G Paulin & Sons, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 88775
History:
27/05/1884 Mason, Jaques & Co, Newcastle
1915 Unknown owner; registered at Montrose
by 1916 Robert M Ardeer, Ayr
1929 Islandmagee Limestone Co Ltd, Glasgow
1929 George Venton, Hull
1931 RV Mitchell, Montrose
09/03/1938 Wrecked
Comments: 29/03/1884: TIC records state launched by GK Smith & Co at Whitehill Point
1885: LR states built by Wallsend Slipway at Wallsend
1884: Smith declared bankrupt, so did Wallsend Slipway take over the contract
Or were they the prime contractor who had subcontracted the hull to GK Smith
09/08/1885: Ran aground on Filly Tail Reef near Flamborough Head
On a voyage from Lynn to Newcastle with a cargo of wheat
12/08/1885: Refloated and taken to the Tyne for repair
09/03/1938: Wrecked on the north end of Holy Island, Northumberland
On a voyage from Stonehaven to Stockton with a cargo of seed potatoes & oats