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Name: NORTH GWALIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 20/11/1888
Completed: 12/1888
Builder: John Readhead & Co
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 243
Dimensions: 2233grt, 1408nrt, 290.0 x 39.0 x 18.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 36 & 60 x 39ins), 223nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 95516
History:
12/1888 H Roberts & Son, London
1908 BJ Sutherland & Co, London
1909 Munro Shipping Co (AM Sutherland), London
25/04/1909 Sank
Comments: 25/04/1909: Sank after a collision with Norwegian MAURANGER off Yarmouth
On a voyage from Sunderland to St Nazaire with a cargo of coal