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Name: WOODVILLE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/10/1892
Completed: 11/1892
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 285
Dimensions: 2513grt, 1593nrt, 299.0 x 40.8 x 18.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61,5 x 39ins), 232nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 102028
History:
11/1892 Woodville Steamship Ltd (Balls & Stansfield), North Shields
1916 Southern Whaling & Sealing Co Ltd (R Irvin), Liverpool
1924 African & Eastern Trading Corporation Ltd, Liverpool
1927 BJ Andreadakis & A Stavridis, Piraeus; renamed VOLGAS
16/01/1937 Sank
Comments: 11/01/1937: Ashore near Paximadi light house, SW of Milos Island
On a voyage from Mersin to Hamburg with a cargo of grain
16/01/1937: Vessel sank


Above photo as WOODVILLE is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Above photo as WOODVILLE is courtesy of Clive Ketley