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Name: NEEBING
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/07/1903
Completed: 08/1903
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 745
Dimensions: 1879grt, 1187nrt, 247.6 x 42.0 x 21.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (19, 31 & 52 x 36ins), 162nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 8.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 118618
History:
1903 George Thomas Marks, Port Arthur, Ontario; registered at Newcastle
1906 Canadian North West Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle & Toronto
1915 Swift Steamship Co Ltd (Hessler & Co), West Hartlepool
1919 Silverdale Steamship Co Ltd (Stephen Jones), Cardiff
1923 Arcos Steamship Co Ltd, London
1925 Sovtorgflot, Odessa; renamed TOMP
1932 Renamed JAN TOMP
30/08/1942 Sank
Comments: 1923: Arcos Steamship were acting for the Soviet government
30/08/1942: Sank after being torpedoed by German MTB S28
off Caucasus coast, 43.44N - 39.29E
On a voyage from Poti to Novorossiysk.


Above photo as NEEBING is copyright of Bowling Green State University

Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 28/07/1903