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Name: QUEEN HELENA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/05/1904
Completed: 07/1904
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 112
Dimensions: 4224grt, 2755nrt, 360.2 x 48.0 x 20.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (24.5, 40 & 68 x 48ins), 360nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 119147
History:
07/1904 Dunlop Steamship Co Ltd (T Dunlop & Sons), Glasgow
1919 General Maritime Trust Ltd (RR Shankland), Glasgow
1920 Guernsey Shipping Co Ltd (IC Ozanne), Guernsey; renamed OTTERBURN
22/11/1923 Destroyed by fire
Comments: 22/11/1923: Burned out and beached in Marseille Roads after an explosion
in her cargo of cotton, glycerine and chlorate of potassium
On a voyage from Marseille to New York


Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 20/05/1904