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Name: ELWY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/08/1914
Completed: 23/09/1914
Builder: Charles Rennoldson & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 166
Dimensions: 293grt, 135nrt, 128.0 x 23.0 x 9.8ft
Engines: C2cyl (15.5 & 33 x 24ins), 40rhp
Engines by: Shields Engineering Co Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 137400
History:
23/09/1914 Clywd Steamship Co, Liverpool
by 1917 Abraham Lazarus, London
1918 Elwy Steamship Co Ltd, London
1920 WR Warden, Belfast
1921 CS Orr & W Stewart, Belfast
1931 Spiller Ltd, Liverpool; renamed WHEATFEED
1933 Point of Ayr Collieries Ltd, Liverpool; renamed TANLAN
1947 National Coal Board, Liverpool
05/1958 Broken up
Comments: 28/05/1958: Arrived at Cork as TANLAND for breaking up
05/1958: Broken up by Haulbowline Industries at Cork


Above photo as ELWY courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as WHEATFEED courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as TANLAN courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as TANLAN courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as TANLAN courtesy of Photoship