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Name: QUEEN ALEXANDRA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 04/05/1901
Completed: 07/1901
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 91
Dimensions: 4264grt, 2788nrt, 360.0 x 48.0 x 20.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (24.5, 40 & 68 x 48ins), 356nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 113970
History:
07/1901 Dunlop Steamship Co Ltd (T Dunlop & Sons), Glasgow
1913 Gunwell Steamship Co Ltd (Roth Bros (London) Ltd), London; renamed TURNWELL
1915 Maritime Investments Ltd (HE Moss & Co), London
1916 Equinox Steamship Co Ltd (Leopold Walford (London) Ltd), London
1916 Renamed CRAONNE
1920 W Gonzales Garra, Villagarcia; renamed PURA RASILLA
1927 Cia Naviera Amaya (C de Zabala), Bilbao
1929 Renamed VICEN
1934 Soc Metalurgica Duro-Felguera, Gijon; renamed CIAŅO
1937 Spanish Republican Government; renamed VIRCOV
1939 Soc Metalurgica Duro-Felguera, Gijon; renamed CIAŅO
28/07/1971 Broken up
Comments: 1937: Requisitioned by the Spanish Republican Government
06/1937: Found damaged at Bilbao by Nationalist forces and repaired.
28/07/1971: Broken up at Gijon by Evies y Trevin


Above photo as QUEEN ALEXANDRA courtesy of Photoship