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Name: LYDGATE
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 28/09/1893
Completed: 12/1893
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 675
Dimensions: 2534grt, 2350nrt, 304.3 x 43.2 x 24.2ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Barque
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 102120
History:
12/1893 Horresfield Ship Co Ltd (J Joyce & Co), Liverpool
1899 Galgate Shipping Co Ltd (J Joyce), Liverpool
05/1915 A/S Seilskip Skansen I (Arne Larsen), Bergen; renamed SKANSEN I
06/1916 Henschiens Rederi A/S (Johs A Henschien), Tvedestrand
09/1916 Tvedestrands Rederi A/S (Johs A Henschien), Tvedestrand
1917 Tvedestrands Rederi A/S (Christianssands Shipping Co Ltd), Kristianssand
03/1920 Missing
Comments: 08/02/1920: Left Norfolk, Va and subsequently reported missing
On a voyage from Newport News to Aalborg with a cargo of coal
18/07/1920: Wreck discovered in the Hertha Flack Minefield off the Scaw, Denmark


Above photo as LYDGATE is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above painting as LYDGATE is by Lai Fong

Above photo as SKANSEN I is copyright of Allan Green

Above photo as SKANSEN I is copyright of Allan Green

Above photo as SKANSEN I is copyright of Allan Green