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Name: ISABEL
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 06/05/1879
Completed: 05/1879
Builder: John Readhead & Co
Yard: Lawe Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 149
Dimensions: 1260grt, 820nrt, 240.6 x 32.6 x 17.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (27.5 & 52 x 33ins), 123nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 81205
History:
31/05/1879 Robert Harrowing & Co, Whitby
1897 Isabel Steamship Co Ltd (G Chitham), Whitby
1903 FO Liljefors, Landskrona; renamed DOUGLAS
1909 Rederi A/B Tarnan (FO Liljefors), Landskrona
01/12/1916 Sank
Comments: 01/12/1916: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U81, 280 miles E of Arbroath
On a voyage from Grimsby to Skien carrying general cargo


Above photo as DOUGLAS is copyright of the Robert Boman collection

Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 08/05/1879