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Name: SAINT LEONARDS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/10/1897
Completed: 12/1897
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 220
Dimensions: 4249grt, 2763nrt, 380.0 x 46.3 x 20.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (24.5, 40 & 68 x 48ins), 358nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 106893
History:
12/1897 British & Foreign Steamship Co Ltd (Rankin, Gilmour & Co), Liverpool
07/12/1910 Sank
Comments: 14/11/1910: Lost her propeller when her tail shaft broke & had to be jury rigged
During a period of almost continuous gales further efforts to save the ship failed
07/12/1910: Abandoned & scuttled in the North Atlantic 230 miles west of the Azores
On a voyage from Bremen and the Tyne to Galveston in ballast