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Name: MIDLAND
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/05/1913
Completed: 08/1913
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 207
Dimensions: 4247grt, 2725nrt, 380.0 x 49.0 x 26.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 372nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 135253
History:
06/08/1913 Noreuro Traders Ltd (JF Drughorn), London
20/10/1916 Sank
Comments: 20/10/1916: Captured & scuttled by U-Boat UB39, 60 miles ExN of Ouessant
On a voyage from Melbourne to Le Havre with a cargo of wheat


Shields Daily News, Friday, 23/05/1913