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, showing WADDON dressed overall entering the new dock, is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as HELENE HUGO STINNES 14 is courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 31/05/1904