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Name: HILLHOUSE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/12/1904
Completed: 02/1905
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 120
Dimensions: 3034grt, 1979nrt, 325.0 x 48.0 x 21.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (23.5, 39 & 64 x 42ins), 279nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 119966
History:
02/1905 Seville & United Kingdom Carrying Co Ltd (J Cory & Sons Ltd), Cardiff
1919 Orders & Handford Steamship Co Ltd (J Cory & Sons Ltd), Cardiff
1925 Arturo Zdenkovic, Prague / Trieste; renamed ARNA
16/02/1928 Sank
Comments: 16/02/1928: Sank after striking rocks off Cabo de Gata
On a voyage from Bona to Middlesbrough with a cargo of iron ore


Shields Daily News, Saturday, 24/12/1904