Ulidia 1903

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Name:	ULIDIA
Type:	Cargo Ship
Launched:	10/09/1903
Completed:	11/1903
Builder:	John Readhead & Sons
Yard:	West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number:	372
Dimensions:	3081grt, 1988nrt, 323.0 x 47.0 x 23.7ft
Engines:	T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 281nhp
Engines by:	John Readhead & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion:	1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	115633
History:
11/1903	Mercantile Steamship Co of Ulster Ltd (1903) (J Fisher & Sons), Newry
1916	Cliffe Steamship Co Ltd (GT Readhead & Co), Newcastle
1920	D/S A/S Skaraas (Christen K Gran), Bergen; renamed SKARAAS
1923	A/S Phoenix (Johan Erland), Bergen
1927	Skibs A/S Nanset (Iver Bugge), Larvik
1935	Hwah Sung Steamship Co Ltd, Shanghai; renamed HWAH JANG
1940	US War Shipping Administration, Panama (Alaska SS Co)
1940	Renamed COVENTRY
1942	Managers became US War Department
03/1945	Managers became United Fruit Company
1946	Hwah Sung Steamship Co Ltd, Shanghai; renamed HWAH JANG
06/1948	Sank

Comments:	06/09/1917: Wrecked at Soroka in the White Sea while loading timber
	for the UK. Later salvaged and repaired
	05/1945: Aground off Cuba, refloated, laid up from 29/05/1945
	11/06/1948: Stranded on Piting Rock near Shanghai at 29.53N – 122.31E
	On a voyage from Keelung to Shanghai with a cargo of coal. Later sank