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Name: MELDON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/10/1902
Completed: 11/1902
Builder: Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 73
Dimensions: 2514grt, 1572nrt, 310.0 x 43.1 x 20.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 36 & 58 x 39ins), 233nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 114435
History:
11/1902 Morpeth Steamship Co Ltd (JC Adam), Newcastle
1913 Managers became Adam Brothers Ltd
1916 Dawson SS Co Ltd (FL Dawson), Newcastle
03/03/1917 Sank
Comments: 03/03/1917:Sunk by mine 0.5 miles N of Garvelloch in the Firth of Lorne
When outward from Penarth with a cargo of coal
12/02/1917: Mine laid by U-Boat U78


Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 20/10/1902