Name: | WOODVILLE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/10/1892 |
Completed: | 11/1892 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 285 |
Dimensions: | 2513grt, 1593nrt, 299.0 x 40.8 x 18.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61,5 x 39ins), 232nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 102028 |
History: | |
11/1892 | Woodville Steamship Ltd (Balls & Stansfield), North Shields |
1916 | Southern Whaling & Sealing Co Ltd (R Irvin), Liverpool |
1924 | African & Eastern Trading Corporation Ltd, Liverpool |
1927 | BJ Andreadakis & A Stavridis, Piraeus; renamed VOLGAS |
16/01/1937 | Sank |
Comments: | 11/01/1937: Ashore near Paximadi light house, SW of Milos Island |
On a voyage from Mersin to Hamburg with a cargo of grain | |
16/01/1937: Vessel sank |
Above photo as WOODVILLE is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo as WOODVILLE is courtesy of Clive Ketley