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Name: ILWEN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 14/06/1904
Completed: 08/1904
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 378
Dimensions: 4072grt, 2626nrt, 355.0 x 48.9 x 25.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 42 & 68 x 45ins), 329nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 119950
History:
08/1904 W & CT Jones Steamship Co Ltd, Cardiff
1918 Alexander Shipping Co Ltd (Capper, Alexander & Co), London
1920 Renamed KINGSBURY
1936 ER Management Co Ltd, Cardiff
08/1936 Broken up
Comments: 1936: Purchased for breaking up under the Scrap and Build Scheme
24/08/1936: Arrived at Troon for breaking up
Broken up by West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd


Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 15/06/1904