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Name: OVINGHAM
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 18/04/1885
Completed: 1885
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 248
Dimensions: 1998grt, 1278nrt, 276.5 x 36.8 x 24.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (32 & 62 x 39ins), 182nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 89817
History:
1885 J Turpie, Son & Co, North Shields
1888 VT Thompson & Co, North Shields
1892 Thompson Steamship Co Ltd (VT Thompson & Co), North Shields
1896 E Accame & figli, Genoa; renamed ANGELICA ACCAME
1906 Edoardo Bozzo fu N. (Emanuele Bozzo), Genoa; renamed LUIGINO B
1911 D & E Fratelli Bozzo, Genoa
27/02/1917 Sank
Comments: 27/02/1917: Sank after being captured and shelled by U-Boat U49 about
90 miles west of Fastnet on a voyage from Almeria to the Tyne.