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Name: TOCKWITH
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/02/1887
Completed: 03/1887
Builder: John Readhead & Co
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 226
Dimensions: 2051grt, 1306nrt, 280.0 x 38.7 x 17.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (21.5, 36 & 59 x 39ins), 215nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 92911
History:
01/04/1887 MacLean, Doughty & Co, West Hartlepool
1900 W MacLean & Co, West Hartlepool
1910 WS MacLean, West Hartlepool
23/02/1911 Wrecked
Comments: 23/02/1911: Wrecked at Jaffa on a voyage from Philadelphia to Haifa,
Jaffa and Port Said with a cargo of petroleum and gasoline


Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 25/02/1887