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Name: ELSWICK TOWER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 04/05/1901
Completed: 06/1901
Builder: R Stephenson & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 65
Dimensions: 3920grt, 2556nrt, 340.0 x 47.2 x 20.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 67 x 45ins), 314nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 8.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 114407
History:
06/1901 Elswick Steam Shipping Co Ltd (Weidner, Hopkins & Co, managers), Newcastle
1929 SN Valmadis, Syra, Greece; renamed NICOS VALMADIS
31/10/1932 Broken up
Comments: 31/10/1932: Broken up at Savona


Above photo as ELSWICK TOWER courtesy of Richard Cox