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Name: MERCEDES
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/11/1901
Completed: 02/1902
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 97
Dimensions: 4487grt, 2925nrt, 351.0 x 50.8 x 28.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 43 & 72 x 48ins), 359nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 114846
History:
02/1902 Christie & Co, London
1908 The Admiralty
1919 The Shipping Controller (H Rees Jones & Co), London
1921 J Olavarriaga, Bilbao; renamed JUAN OLAVARRIAGA
1923 Sainz & Inchaustegui, Bilbao; renamed IBERIA
1925 Zugadi y Cia S enC, Bilbao; renamed VIRGEN DE BEGOŅA
1928 Cia Naviera Euzkera (Jesus de Azcarreta), Bilbao
1930 Renamed EUZKERA
1935 Cia Maritima Elanchove, Bilbao; renamed ELANCHOVE
25/10/1936 Sank
Comments: 1908: Purchased by the Admiralty for Ģ37,250 as a dedicated coal freighter
09/1910: Fitted with a Metcalf Rig for coaling at sea experiments
25/10/1936: Sank about 150 miles off Bilbao
On a voyage from Bilbao to Cardiff with a cargo of iron ore.
She broke in two and only one member of the crew survived.


Above photo as MERCEDES courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as MERCEDES courtesy of Photoship