| Name: | WADDON |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 28/05/1904 |
| Completed: | 08/1904 |
| Builder: | Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 83 |
| Dimensions: | 3931grt, 2561nrt, 340.4 x 47.1 x 20.0ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (25, 40 & 67 x 45ins), 319nhp |
| Engines by: | Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Hartlepool |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 118483 |
| History: | |
| 30/08/1904 | Houlder, Middleton & Co, London |
| 1913 | Mitre Shipping Co Ltd (Houlder, Middleton & Co Ltd), London |
| 1918 | Cassar Ltd (T Hick & Co Ltd), London |
| 1922 | FV Eberhardt & Co Ltd, London |
| 1923 | AG Hugo Stinnes für Seeschiff ü Überseehandel, Hamburg |
| 1923 | Renamed HELENE HUGO STINNES 14 |
| 1927 | Hermann Kimme, Bremen; renamed TOTILA |
| 1930 | Transoceanica Hungarian Trampshipping Co Ltd - G Barta, Budapest |
| 1930 | Renamed TENGER |
| 2Q/1933 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Launched for Furness, Withy & Co and sold before completion |
| 12/08/1904: The first vessel to enter Stephenson's new dry dock | |
| 2Q/1933: Broken up at Rotterdam by P Smit Jnr |
Above photo shows WADDON unofficially opening Stephenson's new dock 12/08/1904. Photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as HELENE HUGO STINNES 14 is courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 31/05/1904