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Name: NORTHVILLE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 06/04/1897
Completed: 05/1897
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 323
Dimensions: 2472grt, 1552nrt, 304.3 x 44.0 x 20.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61.5 x 39ins), 240nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 8.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 105219
History:
05/1897 Northville Steamship Ltd (Balls & Stansfield), North Shields
1916 The Lowlands Steam Shipping Co Ltd (J Crass & Co), South Shields
17/02/1918 Sank
Comments: 17/02/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB33, 3.5 miles SExE of Berry Head
On a voyage from Newport to Dieppe with a cargo of coal


Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo courtesy of Clive Ketley

Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 07/04/1897