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Name: SIR WILLIAM ARMSTRONG
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/01/1884
Completed: 1884
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 466
Dimensions: 2179grt, 1386nrt, 300.6 x 37.1 x 24.3ft
Engines: C2cyl (32 & 68 x 42ins), 228nhp
Engines by: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 88772
History:
1884 W Dickinson & Co, Newcastle
1899 L & M Embiricos, Andros; renamed ANDREAS
1902 Embiricos Brothers, Andros
1910 Constantine Papageorgocopoulos, Andros; renamed ST ANDREAS
1911 Renamed AGHIOS ANDREAS
1911 Renamed ARISTIDIS and registered at Piraeus
26/05/1917 Sank
Comments: 26/05/1917: Sank after being captured and scuttled by U-Boat UC21 about
5 miles NNW of Cabo del Ajo on a voyage from Bilbao to Plymouth with iron ore


The launch party. Photo copyright of Northumberland County Council Archives