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Name: MORPETH
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 04/09/1902
Completed: 10/1902
Builder: Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 72
Dimensions: 2508grt, 1585nrt, 310.0 x 43.1 x 20.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 36 & 58 x 39ins), 233nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 114433
History:
10/1902 Morpeth Steamship Co Ltd (JC Adam), Newcastle
1906 Dale Steamship Co Ltd (Lucas & Co), Bristol; renamed MILLDALE
1911 EC Embiricos (Daniolos Bros), Andros; renamed DIMITRIOS
06/10/1915 Sank
Comments: 06/10/1915: Sank after being captured and shelled by U-Boat U33,
about 240 miles NNW of Benghazi at position 35.34N - 18.20E
On a voyage from Alexandria to London


Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 06/09/1902