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Name: THOMAS MELVILLE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 21/03/1882
Completed: 05/1882
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 231
Dimensions: 1781grt, 1150nrt, 270.5 x 35.0 x 22.9ft
Engines: C2cyl (29 & 62 x 42ins), 186nhp
Engines by: Black, Hawthorn & Co, Gateshead
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 84863
History:
01/05/1882 J Turpie, Son & Co, North Shields
1883 John Coull, North Shields
1907 Angelo Parodi fu B, Genoa; renamed PINO
1915 Soc Anon Angelo Parodi fu Bmeo, Genoa
27/06/1916 Sank
Comments: 21/08/1906: Sank in Antwerp roads after a collision with HYPOLITE WORMS
24/08/1906: Re-floated by fixing patch over damage and pumping out water
29/09/1906: Repairs to be carried out by Readhead & Sons at South Shields
27/06/1916: Captured, shelled & sunk by U-Boat U35, 60 miles off Port Mahon
On a voyage from Swansea to Savona


Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 05/05/1882

Lloyd's List, Wednesday, 22/08/1906

Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 12/09/1906

Shields Daily News, Saturday, 29/09/1906

Lloyd's List, Thursday, 22/11/1906