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Name: WALLSEND
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/08/1893
Completed: 09/1893
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 46
Dimensions: 899grt, 538nrt, 210.0 x 30.1 x 13.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (17, 28 & 46 x 30ins),99rhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 101838
History:
09/1893 Burnett & Co, Newcastle
1900 Burnett Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle
1900 Witherington & Everett, Newcastle
09/09/1915 Sank
Comments: 09/09/1915: Sank after collision with EROS, 2 miles from the Gull Light Ship
On a voyage from the Tyne to Rouen with a cargo of coal


Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Lloyd's List, Tuesday, 15/08/1893