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Name: NORTH DEVON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/1878
Completed: 1879
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 94
Dimensions: 774grt, 402nrt, 195.9 x 28.1 x 15.9ft
Engines: C2cyl (29 & 45 x 33ins), 91nhp
Engines by: Black, Hawthorn & Co, Gateshead
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 79391
History:
1879 H Vellacott & Sons, Cardiff
1889 North Devon SS Co Ltd (T Jack Jr), Belfast
1898 Shamrock Shipping Co Ltd (T Jack Jr), Belfast
1898 G Vallée, Rouen; renamed VULCAIN
1902 RR Collard, Newhaven (for salvage)
1902 Jobling, Newcastle (for repair)
1902 Stoom Mij ‘Het Noorden’ (A Van Dijk), Delfzijl
1905 M Fernandez y Cia S en C, Rivera; renamed GALAICO
26/08/1913 Sank
Comments: 02/01/1902: Stranded in West Bay, Dungeness on a voyage from Honfleur to
Newcastle in ballast, sold and refloated 15/05/1902, resold and repaired
26/08/1913: Sank after a collision with German ss SCHWARZWALD in
49.43N – 05.58W on a voyage from Bordeaux to Cardiff with pitwood.


Photo as VULKAIN copyright of Robert Bomans collection