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Name: RUGBEIAN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 30/06/1904
Completed: 09/1904
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 115
Dimensions: 4042grt, 2650nrt, 345.0 x 48.0 x 27.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (24.5, 40 & 67 x 45ins), 322nhp
Engines by: Richardson, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Hartlepool
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 85277
History:
30/08/1904 J Mathias & Sons, Aberystwyth
1910 Cambrian Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Aberystwyth
1917 Watergate Steamship Co Ltd (RS Dalgliesh, managers), Newcastle
1919 Renamed MACKWORTH
04/1931 Broken up
Comments: 04/1931: Broken up by JJ King at Gateshead


Above photo as RUGBEIAN is courtesy of Museum Wales

Above photo as MACKWORTH is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, Saturday, 04/04/1931