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Name: MARGARET JONES
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 01/12/1892
Completed: 01/1893
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 286
Dimensions: 2852grt, 1842nrt, 4500dwt, 306.5 x 41.5 x 22.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61,5 x 42ins), 246nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 98429
History:
01/1893 Margaret Jones Steamship Co Ltd (WH & CT Jones), Cardiff
1904 W & CT Jones Steamship Co Ltd, Cardiff
1913 Tempus Shipping Co Ltd (WH Seager & Co), Cardiff; renamed BEATUS
1915 Reid Steamship Co Ltd (Reid, Rigg & Thue), London; renamed SYDNEY REID
11/1916 Managers became J Sydney Rees & Griffin, Cardiff
07/1917 Managers became TH Griffiths & Co (Depots) Ltd, Cardiff
1918 Bede Steam Shipping Co Ltd (Frew, Elder & Co), Newcastle
1925 EN Vassilikos, Syra; renamed MAGDA
1927 Felipe Fernandez Aguado, Colon; renamed IGNACIA AGUADO
1934 Broken up
Comments: See details of war service below
4Q/1934: Broken up at Santander by D Andres Gorostegui


Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 02/12/1892

Above details courtesy of James Smith