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Name: RIDING launched as LURLINE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 21/12/1911
Completed: 02/1912
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 176
Dimensions: 1287grt, 674nrt, 240.1 x 33.5 x 15.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 36ins), 201nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 127128
History:
30/01/1912 Tyneside Line Ltd (J Ridley, Son & Tully), North Shields
11/1915 Imperial German Navy
11/1918 Tyneside Line Ltd (J Ridley, Son & Tully), North Shields
08/01/1925 Wrecked
Comments: Launched as LURLINE for the same owners
08/1914: Seized by Germany at Hamburg & requisitioned as a collier
08/01/1925: Wrecked on south coast of Iceland
On a voyage from Hull to Havnefjord carrying coal & general cargo


Shields Daily News, Friday, 22/12/1911