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Name: SOUTHVILLE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/09/1904
Completed: 10/1904
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 380
Dimensions: 3518grt, 2266nrt, 341.1 x 46.6 x 25.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 65 x 45ins), 293nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 117963
History:
10/1904 Ville Steamships Ltd (Balls & Stansfield), North Shields
1919 Britain Steamship Co Ltd (Watts, Watts & Co), London
1919 Renamed GREENWICH
1933 Broken up
Comments: 02/07/1933: Arrived on the Clyde for breaking up
3Q/1933: Broken up at Port Glasgow by Smith & Houston


Above photo as GREENWICH is courtesy of Richard Cox

Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 14/09/1904