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Name: NORTH WALES
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/06/1905
Completed: 08/1905
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 386
Dimensions: 3691grt, 2382nrt, 347.2 x 49.1 x 25.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (24.5, 41 & 66 x 45ins), 320nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 122825
History:
08/1905 North Wales Shipping Co Ltd (H Roberts & Son), Newcastle
16/11/1914 Sank
Comments: 16/11/1914: Captured & scuttled by SMS DRESDEN, 360 miles SWxW of Valparaiso
On a voyage from the Bristol Channel to Valparaiso with a cargo of coal