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Name: MCGAREL also seen as M'GAREL
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 01/11/1883
Completed: 12/1883
Builder: T & W Smith
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 87
Dimensions: 1367grt, 882nrt, 243.7 x 34.3 x 17.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (25.5 & 58 x 36ins), 168nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 89506
History:
02/01/1884 T Scrutton, Sons & Co, London
1886 McGarel Steam Ship Co Ltd (Scrutton, Sons & Co), London
1896 A/S Rganhild (Lund & Gjertsen), Christiania; renamed RAGNHILD
1909 D/S A/S Ragnhild (E Lund), Christiania
1913 Jacobsen & Co, Christiania
1915 Erling Lund, Christiania
1915 A/S Fokstein (H Waage), Stavanger; renamed FOKSTEIN
1916 A/S Morild (Björnstad & Co), Christiania; renamed MORILD
29/03/1917 Sank
Comments: 29/03/1917: Captured & scuttled by U-Boat UC69, 2 miles from Hourtin in the Gironde
On a voyage from Oporto to Cardiff with a cargo of pit props


Above photo as RAGNHILD is courtesy of J Robert Boman