ROBERT CRAGGS & SONS, STOCKTON and MIDDLESBROUGH
| Name | ROYAL EXCHANGE |
| Type | Cargo |
| Yard Number | 147 |
| Launched | 28/06/1898 |
| Completed | 08/1898 |
| Off. Number | 109953 |
| Engine builder | Sir Christopher Furness, Westgarth & Co., Middlesbrough |
| Engine type | T. 3 cyl. |
| GRT | 2108 |
| Length (feet) | 292 |
| Beam (feet) | 43.2 |
| First owner | London Exchange S.S. Co. Ltd. (A. Low, Son & Co.), London |
| History | 1907 Rhondda S.S. Co. Ltd. (F. H. Kirkhouse & Co.), Cardiff |
| 1911 BIARRITZ, Cie. des Chargeurs Français (Plisson et Cie.), Bayonne | |
| 1913 ENON, Red. A/B Kronan (O. Wiens), Malmö | |
| 1918 VESSMAN, Red. A/B Transatlantic (G. Carlsson), Gothenburg | |
| 1919 Red. 'Belos' (Otto Hillerström), Helsingborg | |
| 1921 renamed EROS | |
| 1921 August Bolten, Wm. Miller's Nachfolger, Hamburg | |
| 1922 Red. 'Belos' (Otto Hillerström), Helsingborg | |
| 09/04/1940 detained by German forces at Bergen on passage Narvik for Preston, seized 28/05/1940 | |
| 09/1940 ILLKIRCH, German Government - Admiral der KMD (Leth & Co.), Hamburg | |
| 1941 Kriegsmarine as a gunnery training ship | |
| 03/1946 surrendered to U.S.S.R. | |
| 1947 GOPLO, W. Bartosiak, Gdynia | |
| 1951 Polskie Linie Oceaniczne, Gdynia | |
| Fate | 12/1955 broken up at Gdansk after grounding damage incurred on 04/12/1954 of the Swedish East coast. |
ROYAL EXCHANGE as BIARRITZ
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