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Name: TREWIDDEN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 30/12/1891
Completed: 02/1892
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 278
Dimensions: 2613grt, 1683nrt, 298.5 x 40.1 x 20.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61.5 x 39ins), 234nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 98246
History:
02/1892 E Hain & Son, St Ives
1901 Hain Steamship Co Ltd (E Hain & Son), St Ives
1915 Gart Steamship Co Ltd (Whimster & Co), Glasgow; renamed GARTLAND
03/01/1918 Sank
Comments: 03/01/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB30, 5 miles ESE of Owers light vessel
On a voyage from Newcastle to Gibraltar with a cargo of coal