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Name: ETHELÄIDA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/09/1891
Completed: 10/1891
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 275
Dimensions: 2669grt, 1705nrt, 300.4 x 41.5 x 20.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61.5 x 42ins), 248nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 99136
History:
10/1891 JH Harrowing, Whitby
1906 Robert Harrowing & Co, Whitby
1909 Harrowing Steamship Co Ltd (R Harrowing), Whitby
1914 Russian Government, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
1918 The Shipping Controller (Ellerman’s Wilson Line Ltd), London
1923 USSR Government
1924 Sovtorgflot; renamed BUDENY
12/1926 Broken up
Comments: 29/08/1926: Damaged in collision with KUT off Dungeness
On a voyage from Emden to Reggio & Bari with a cargo of patent fuel
12/1926: Broken up at Grays, Essex, by TW Ward


Above photo as ETHELÄIDA is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 18/09/1891