| Name: | EARNWELL |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 23/12/1886 |
| Completed: | 02/1887 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 573 |
| Dimensions: | 2013grt, 1323nrt, 280.5 x 36.2 x 23.0ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (22, 35 & 58 x 42ins), 225nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 92855 |
| History: | |
| 01/03/1887 | Earnwell SS Co Ltd (A Earnshaw), Newcastle |
| 1898 | Saginaw Steel SS Co (J Jerome), New York; renamed LEELANAW |
| 1903 | Michigan SS Co (J Jerome), New York |
| 1907 | Pacific Freighting Co (RW Dunsmuir), Tacoma |
| 1909 | R Dunsmuir & Sons, Tacoma |
| 1911 | J Jerome, Tacoma |
| 1912 | Leelanaw SS Co, San Francisco |
| 25/07/1915 | Sank |
| Comments: | 17/12/1896: Stranded at Nombe de Dios, near Colon, Panama |
| On a voyage to Baltimore with a cargo of manganese | |
| 14/02/1897: Refloated with leaks & rudder damage. Subsequently sold | |
| 25/07/1915: Captured, torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U41, 60 miles NW of the Orkneys | |
| On a voyage from Arkhangelsk to Belfast with a cargo of flax and hemp |
Above photo as LEELANAW copyright of Library of Congress
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 24/12/1886