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Name: SIR JOHN JACKSON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/08/1905
Completed: 09/1905
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 126
Dimensions: 4231grt, 2767nrt, 360.4 x 47.9 x 28.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 372nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 120607
History:
09/1905 Westminster Shipping Co Ltd (Sir John Jackson), London
26/09/1908 Wrecked
Comments: Laid down as KINGSWAY
26/09/1908: Wrecked on Brennus Shoal, Colombo on a voyage from
Haiphong and Saigon to Marseille and other French ports with rice and maize.