| Name: | VILLE DE DOUAI |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 23/12/1889 |
| Completed: | 01/1890 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 561 |
| Dimensions: | 1723grt, 1150nrt, 265.0 x 37.0 x 23.4ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (20, 33 & 53 x 36ins), 169nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a; (1907: 125135) |
| History: | |
| 01/1890 | P Paix & Cie, Calais |
| 1907 | Lennards Carrying Co Ltd (JM Lennard & Sons Ltd), Middlesbrough |
| 1907 | Renamed EDWARD DAWSON |
| 01/10/1911 | Burned out |
| Comments: | 01/10/1911: Stranded on Zoutelande Bank off Vlissingen, caught fire & burned out |
| On a voyage from Novorossisk to Rotterdam with a cargo of benzene |
Above photo as EDWARD DAWSON, from the collection Peter Cijvat, is courtesy of Arie de Lange
Above photo as EDWARD DAWSON, from the collection Peter Cijvat, is courtesy of Arie de Lange
Above photo as EDWARD DAWSON, from the collection Peter Cijvat, is courtesy of Arie de Lange
Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 07/10/1911