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Name: SAINT OSWALD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 21/01/1886
Completed: 03/1886
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 489
Dimensions: 2819grt, 1802nrt, 310.5 x 39.0 x 26.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (21, 39 & 64 x 42ins), 284nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 91290
History:
08/03/1886 Rankin, Gilmour & Co, Liverpool
1888 British & Foreign Steamship Co Ltd (Rankin, Gilmour & Co), Liverpool
1898 Lunn & Maccoy, Newcastle
1907 Northumbrian Shipping Corporation Ltd (SR Ruston & Co), Liverpool
10/02/1908 Broken up
Comments: 10/02/1908: Arrived for breaking up on the Tyne


Above photo is thought to be this SAINT OSWALD. Photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Friday, 22/01/1886