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Name: SOUTHGARTH
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/05/1891
Completed: 06/1891
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 271
Dimensions: 2434grt, 1555nrt, 299.5 x 41.1 x 18.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61.5 x 39ins), 234nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 96524
History:
06/1891 WDC Balls & Son, North Shields
29/05/1916 Sank
Comments: 29/05/1916: Sank after being captured and scuttled by U-Boat U39 when
60 miles NNE of Algiers on a voyage from Marseille to Benisaf in ballast.


Above photo courtesy of Clive Ketley