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Name: QUEEN ELIZABETH
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/1907
Completed: 09/1907
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 147
Dimensions: 4225grt, 2748nrt, 360.3 x 48.0 x 28.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 372nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 124221
History:
09/1907 Merito Shipping Co Ltd (T Dunlop & Sons), Glasgow
1919 Dunlop SS Co Ltd (T Dunlop & Sons), Glasgow
1919 Western Counties Shipping Co Ltd (E Edwards & Sons), Cardiff
1920 Renamed VALEMEAD
1922 Moor Line Ltd (W Runciman & Co Ltd), Newcastle; renamed NEWTONMOOR
1927 Arbor Shipping Co Ltd (Howard Tenens Ltd), London; renamed ORNUS
1927 SN Vlassopulos, Ithaca; renamed MARIA
1935 Ioannis N Vlassopulos & others, Ithaca
05/06/1937 Beached
Comments: 05/06/1937: On fire about 20 miles SW of Fernando Noronha
On a voyage from Gdynia to Rio de Janeiro with a cargo of coal
Beached at Fernando Noronha as a total loss.