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Name: NEWBURN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 30/04/1904
Completed: 06/1904
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 712
Dimensions: 3554grt, 2325nrt, 340.5 x 47.0 x 24.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (23.5, 39 & 66 x 45ins), 317nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 118634
History:
06/1904 Newcastle Steamship Co Ltd (JJ & CM Forster), Newcastle
07/08/1916 Sank
Comments: 07/08/1916: Sank after being captured and torpedoed by
U-Boat U35, 34 miles N by E of Dragonera Head, Majorca
On a voyage from Cardiff to Marseille with a cargo of coal


Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox