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Name: TREMATON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/03/1904
Completed: 04/1904
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 376
Dimensions: 2171grt, 1376nrt, 289.0 x 43.0 x 20.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 36 & 60 x 39ins), 239nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 115648
History:
25/04/1904 Hain Steamship Co Ltd (E Hain & Son), St Ives
1911 Cia Naviera Vascongada (F de Abasolo), Bilbao; renamed ARTAGAN
29/02/1912 Wrecked
Comments: 29/02/1912: Wrecked off Cabo Carvoeiro, 50 miles north of Lisbon
On a voyage from Cardiff to Barcelona with a cargo of coal


Above photo as ARTAGAN is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 21/03/1904