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Name: SIR WILLIAM STEPHENSON
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/04/1906
Completed: 06/1906
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 789
Dimensions: 1540grt, 812nrt, 270.0 x 36.6 x 16.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 66 x 45ins), 350nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 13.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 122844
History:
09/06/1906 Tyne-Tees Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Newcastle
29/08/1915 Sank
Comments: Accommodation for 60 x 1st Class & 50 x 2nd Class passengers
29/08/1915: Sank in Yarmouth Roads after being mined off the Cockle LV
On a voyage from the Tyne to London carrying general cargo
21/08/1915: Mine laid by U-Boat UC6


Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Jarrow Express, Friday, 13/04/1906