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Name: AYDON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/05/1906
Completed: 08/1906
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 763
Dimensions: 3301grt, 2135nrt, 331.3 x 49.0, 22.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (23.5, 39.5 & 65 x 42ins), 295nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 122854
History:
08/1906 Adam Brothers Ltd, Newcastle
1912 GA Dracoulis, Ithaca; renamed ANTONIOS J DRACOULIS
24/01/1918 Sank
Comments: 24/01/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U33 off Alexandria
On a voyage from Karachi