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The 'Belford' in an unidentified harbour
The steel ship 'Belford', 1905 tons, in an unidentified harbour. [steel ship 1905 tons. ON104589 267.0 x 40.1 x 23.6. Built 1894 (11) A. McMillan and Co. Dumbarton Owners Belford Ship Co. (Briggs Harvie and Co. )registered Glasgow then Ruthin Castle Ship Co (R. Thomas and Co.) Captured by a German submarine Feb 3 1917 about 110 miles west from Fastnet and sunk by bombs.]
'Austrasia' steel 4 masted barque
Figurehead, 'Austrasia' steel 4 masted barque. [steel 4 masted barque, 2718 tons. ON99403, 305.1 x 44.0 x 24.7. Built 1892 (5) Russell and Co. Port Glasgow: Owners: J&W Goffey, registered Liverpool. c.1910 sold to German owners and renamed 'Gustav'. Sold in 1929 to Gustav Erikson for the wheat trade she was renamed 'Melbourne'. Lost in 1932 following a collision with the tanker 'Seminole' south of the Fastnet.]
The 'Neath' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 5 masted barque 'Neath' with auxiliary engines, 5548 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 5 mast aux. barque, 5548 gross. 410.5 x 53.6 x 30.4. Built 1906. Rickmers, Akt. Ges, Bremerhaven, as 'RC Rickmers', captured in British port on outbreak WW1, renamed 'Neath'. Built for Rickmers Co., registered Bremerhaven until 1914. Fitted with a screw operated by a triple expansion recip. steam engine of 125nhp. Torpedoed March 27, 1917 by German submarine, 28 miles off the Fastnet. No lives lost but master taken prisoner].
The 'Eudora' in an unidentified harbour
The steel 4 masted barque 'Eudora', 1992 tons, in an unidentified harbour [steel 4 mast barque, 1992 tons. ON93473. 287.5 x 40.5 x 23.7. Built 1888 (7) A Stephen and Sons, Dundee. Owners: A Stephen and Sons, registered Dundee, later Thomas Shute, registered Liverpool. Captured by German submarine 14 Feb. 1917, 30 miles SSW from Fastnet and sunk by gunfire].