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Name: SHEIKH
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 10/03/1880
Completed: 04/1880
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 395
Dimensions: 1968grt, 1519nrt, 286.0 x 36.0 x 23.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (34 & 66 x 42ins), 214nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.2knots (trials)
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 81336
History:
12/04/1880 Bedouin Steam Navigation Co Ltd (W & R Thomson), Liverpool
1889 African Steamship Co Ltd (Elder, Dempster & Co), Liverpool; renamed GAMBIA
1898 Dr A Bing & E Korpeles (Schenker, Walford & Co), Trieste
1898 Renamed EMMA K
1899 Soc Anon Belge de Navigation ā Vapeur, Antwerp
1900 M Roca Hermanos, Barcelona; renamed CARMEN ROCA
1904 Cia Mar Comercial (J Roca), Barcelona
1912 Estefania & Dutrus, Valencia; renamed VICENTE CARSI
1916 Teodoro Seebold, San Sebastian
1918 Cia del Vapor Teodoro, Bilbao; renamed TEODORO
1920 JM de Urquijo y Cia, San Sebastian; renamed BEGOŅA No 5
1923 Cia de Navegacion Begoņa (JM de Urquijo y Cia), San Sebastian
15/07/1923 Sank
Comments: 15/07/1923: Sank after a collision with SHERIDAN, 3.5 miles SExS of Cross Sand LV
On a voyage from Blyth to Marseille with a cargo of coal


Liverpool Journal of Commerce, Friday, 16/04/1880