| Name: | JOHN READHEAD |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 06/02/1883 |
| Completed: | 1883 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Co |
| Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 190 |
| Dimensions: | 1622grt, 1032nrt, 257.0 x 34.7 x 19.6ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (28 & 61 x 36ins), 173nhp |
| Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 82763 |
| History: | |
| 1883 | F Rahtkens & Co, Middlesbrough |
| 1905 | Dampf Ges Warnow GmbH (F Hillmann), Wismar; renamed WARNOW |
| 1912 | Warnow Steamship Co Ltd (J Mitchell & Sons), Dundee |
| 02/05/1917 | Sank |
| Comments: | 02/05/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC48 6 miles west of Trevose Head |
| when outwards from Penarth with a cargo of railway materials |
Above photo as JOHN READHEAD courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as WARNOW courtesy of Photoship