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Name: MOUNTCHARLES
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/11/1909
Completed: 01/1910
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 416
Dimensions: 286grt, 105nrt, 130.0 x 25.0 x 8.9ft
Engines: C2cyl (16 & 34 x 24ins), 48nhp
Engines by: MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 127072
History:
01/1910 United Stone Firms Ltd (W Bryant), Bristol
1925 Robert Gardner, Lancaster
by 1950 R Gardner (Luneside) Ltd, Lancaster
28/03/1953 Sank
Comments: Fitted out at Smith's Dock's South Bank yard
28/03/1953: Foundered off Hartland Point


Above photo taken at Welsh Back, Bristol in 03/06/1949, is copyright of the late Robin Craig collection