Name: | WYLO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 18/08/1883 |
Completed: | 09/1883 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Co |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 197 |
Dimensions: | 1396grt, 835nrt, 250.0 x 36.2 x 17.6ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (29 & 54 x 36ins), 135nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 87893 |
History: | |
03/10/1883 | Steam Ship "Wylo" Ltd (Gracie, Beazley & Co), Liverpool |
1896 | GL Vatis & Co, Syra; renamed BILLIO |
1899 | Rederi A/B Excelsior (JM Pettersson), Helsingborg; renamed EXCELSIOR |
1915 | Rederi A/B Polaris (JM Pettersson), Helsingborg |
1916 | H Unér A/B (Rob Göhle), Norrköping |
1921 | Robert Göhole & E Beckmann (Rob Göhle), Norrköping |
1921 | Rederi A/B Cecil (GF Persson), Landskrona |
1935 | A/B GH Dalgren (GH Dalgren), Helsingborg |
1939 | A Saarna & GH Dalgren, Tallinn; renamed ANU |
06/02/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 06/02/1940: Sunk by mine off the River Tay. Mine laid 23/12/1939 by U-Boat U13 |
On a voyage from Gothenburg via Aberdeen to Dundee carrying general cargo |
Above photo as EXCELSIOR is copyright of the Robert Boman Collection
Above photo as EXCELSIOR is copyright of Leslie W Hansen
Shields Daily News, Monday, 20/08/1883