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Name: DOWGATE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 29/11/1894
Completed: 01/1895
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 196
Dimensions: 2899grt, 1869nrt, 326.7 x 41.0 x 24.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 38 & 61 x 39ins), 252nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 104834
History:
01/1895 Dowgate Steamship Co Ltd (HW Dillon), London
1904 Manor Steamship Co Ltd (MS Catt), London; renamed MANOR
1906 EC & NM Embiricos, Andros; renamed KATINA
1912 J Goumas, Andros
1913 D/S A/S Jessie (L Severin & Skougaard), Christiania; renamed JESSIE
1917 A/S Leander (Louis Wetlesen), Christiania
1927 A/S D/S Den Skandinaviske Sydpacificlinje, Oslo; renamed ARICA
1928 D/S A/S Atlas (E Mortensen & O Thue), Oslo
1933 Hwah Sung SS Co (Woo Ping SS Co), Shanghai; renamed HWAH SHUN
1940 Luso Steamship Line, Macao; renamed SADO
10/04/1942 Sank
Comments: 1940: Also had a Japanese designation SAD GO
10/04/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by US submarine THRESHER
off Maizuru at position 34.52N 139.15E
Lloyd’s also listed her as lost off Shanghai in June/July 1942


Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 30/11/1894