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Name: NEWMOUNT
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/07/1903
Completed: 08/1903
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 292
Dimensions: 1889grt, 1201nrt, 248.6 x 45.0 x 20.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (20.5, 33 & 54 x 36ins), 175nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 118615
History:
08/1903 CS Swan & Hunter Ltd, Newcastle
1903 Farrar Transportation Co Ltd (W Carmichael), Newcastle & Collingwood
1906 Renamed MEAFORD
27/03/1918 Missing
Comments: 08/1903: Built for yard account
08/1903: Completed by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
27/03/1918: Sailed from Gibraltar on a voyage from Bougie to Belfast with
a cargo of phosphate. Subsequently posted missing


Above photo as NEWMOUNT is copyright of Edward J Dowling Collection

Above photo as MEAFORD is copyright of Edward J Dowling Collection

Above photo as MEAFORD is copyright of Edward J Dowling Collection

Above photo as MEAFORD is copyright of Edward J Dowling Collection