Name: | LYDFORD |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 23/03/1905 |
Completed: | 05/1905 |
Builder: | Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 88 |
Dimensions: | 3932grt, 2575nrt, 340.8 x 47.2 x 20.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 41 & 67 x 45ins), 316nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 118653 |
History: | |
01/05/1905 | Lydford Steamship Co Ltd (Holzapfel, Whitfield & Co), Newcastle |
1911 | MG & GS Bielich & Co, Kuciste; renamed MRAV |
1920 | Soc Anon di Armamento "Oceania", Trieste |
1924 | Brodarsko Ackionarsko Drustvo "Oceania", Susak |
29/04/1936 | Sank |
Comments: | Built for £39,000 and sold in 1911 for £22,750 |
29/04/1936: Sank after a collision with MARI 5 miles SE of Dungeness | |
On a voyage from Antwerp to Dubrovnik carrying general cargo |
Jarrow Express, Friday, 24/03/1905