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Name: NEWHOLM
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/03/1899
Completed: 05/1899
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 244
Dimensions: 3399grt, 2194nrt, 330.6 x 48.0 x 23.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 293hp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 110329
History:
05/1899 Newcastle Steamship Co Ltd (JJ & CM Forster), Newcastle
08/09/1917 Sank
Comments: 08/09/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC31, 1 mile S of Start Point
On a voyage from Bilbao to Middlesbrough with a cargo of iron ore