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Name: ALDERLEY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/10/1889
Completed: 01/1890
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 630
Dimensions: 3045grt, 1954nrt, 320.0 x 42.2 x 26.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 277nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 96397
History:
30/12/1889 Tapscott Steam Shipping Co Ltd (W Tapscott & Co), Liverpool
1897 Irish Shipowners’ Co Ltd (T Dixon & Sons), Belfast
1897 Renamed LORD ANTRIM
1900 Wiltshire Steam Shipping Co Ltd (Thompson, Elliott & Co), Newcastle
1909 Ardan Steam Ship Co Ltd (Clark & Service), Glasgow
29/06/1914 Wrecked
Comments: 26/09/1914: Wrecked near Cascaes, Portugal
On a voyage from Bona to Granton with a cargo of esparto grass


Above photo as ALDERLEY is courtesy of James Adamson. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return