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Name: ELFRIDA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/10/1907
Completed: 11/1907
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 146
Dimensions: 2624grt, 1600nrt, 313.3 x 45.1 x 20.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61.5 x 39ins), 260nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.5knots (trials)
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 125434
History:
26/11/1907 Brewis Line Ltd, Newcastle
07/01/1915 Sank
Comments: 07/01/1915: Sunk 2nm off Scarborough by a mine laid by KOLBERG on 16/12/1914
On voyage from the Tyne to London with a cargo of coal


Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Marine Engineer, Jan 1st, 1908