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Name: MARSDEN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/06/1901
Completed: 07/1901
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 104
Dimensions: 963grt, 544nrt, 210.0 x 31.2 x 15.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (17, 28 & 46 x 33ins),124nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 114411
History:
07/1901 Burnett Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle
1908 D/S A/S Fredrik (F Friis), Drammen, Norway; renamed FREDRIK
12/01/1916 Missing
Comments: 12/01/1916: Sailed from Blyth for Trondheim with a cargo of coal
No further contact except that one of the ship's lifeboats was washed
up 1nm NE of Sheringham Shoal on 18/01/1916


Above photo as MARSDEN courtesy of Clive Ketley

Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 24/06/1901