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Name: ROTTERDAM
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 14/02/1907
Completed: 04/1907
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 143
Dimensions: 4859grt, 410.0 x 52.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (28, 46 & 77 x 54ins), 563nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 13.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 124331
History:
04/1907 British Maritime Trust Ltd, West Hartlepool
1908 Furness, Withy & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool
1909 Nederland-Amerika Stoom Mij, Rotterdam; renamed SOMMELSDIJK
21/04/1910 Burned out
Comments: 21/04/1910: Burned out while loading cargo in the Maashaven, Rotterdam.
14/05/1910: Hull broken up at Hendrik-ido-Ambacht


Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, Friday, 15/02/1907