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Name: TREKIEVE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 04/06/1898
Completed: 23/07/1898
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 332
Dimensions: 3087grt, 1983nrt, 323.0 x 47.1 x 22.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 278nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 104676
History:
07/1898 Trekieve Steamship Co Ltd (E Hain & Son) St Ives
1901 Hain Steamship Co Ltd (E Hain & Son) St Ives
18/04/1917 Sank
Comments: 18/04/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U35, 100 miles W of Gibraltar
On a voyage from Cardiff to Gibraltar with government stores


Above photo is courtesy of Stuart Smith

Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox