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Name: WATERVILLE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 26/02/1891
Completed: 04/1891
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 269
Dimensions: 1968grt, 1242nrt, 271.2 x 38.0 x 17.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (20.5, 33.5 & 55 x 36ins), 181nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 96522
History:
04/1891 Balls & Stansfield; registered at North Shields
1915 New Line Steam Ship Co Ltd (R Mackie & Co), Leith
26/11/1917 Wrecked
Comments: 26/11/1917: Wrecked off Lerwick Harbour
On a voyage from Arkhangelsk to Aberdeen with a cargo of flax


Above photo courtesy of Clive Ketley