| Name: | MARGARET JONES |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 01/12/1892 |
| Completed: | 01/1893 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
| Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 286 |
| Dimensions: | 2852grt, 1842nrt, 4500dwt, 306.5 x 41.5 x 22.3ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61,5 x 42ins), 246nhp |
| Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 98429 |
| History: | |
| 01/1893 | Margaret Jones Steamship Co Ltd (WH & CT Jones), Cardiff |
| 1904 | W & CT Jones Steamship Co Ltd, Cardiff |
| 1913 | Tempus Shipping Co Ltd (WH Seager & Co), Cardiff; renamed BEATUS |
| 1915 | Reid Steamship Co Ltd (Reid, Rigg & Thue), London; renamed SYDNEY REID |
| 11/1916 | Managers became J Sydney Rees & Griffin, Cardiff |
| 07/1917 | Managers became TH Griffiths & Co (Depots) Ltd, Cardiff |
| 1918 | Bede Steam Shipping Co Ltd (Frew, Elder & Co), Newcastle |
| 1925 | EN Vassilikos, Syra; renamed MAGDA |
| 1927 | Felipe Fernandez Aguado, Colon; renamed IGNACIA AGUADO |
| 1934 | Broken up |
| Comments: | See details of war service below |
| 4Q/1934: Broken up at Santander by D Andres Gorostegui |
Above photo of MARGARET JONES at Barry Docks, is copyright of the Francis Frith collection
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 02/12/1892
Above details courtesy of James Smith