FURNESS, WITHY & COMPANY LTD, MIDDLETON, HARTLEPOOL
| Name | BARBARA |
| Type | Cargo Ship |
| Yard Number | 229 |
| Launched | 05/12/1896 |
| Completed | 02/1897 |
| Off. Number | 106959 |
| Engine builder | W. Allen & Company, Sunderland |
| Engine type | T. 3cyl. 299NHP |
| GRT | 3739 |
| Length (feet) | 340.0 |
| Beam (feet) | 47.2 |
| First owner | J. E. Guthe & Company, West Hartlepool |
| History | 1899 West Hartlepool S.N. Co. Ltd. |
| 1915 Freshfield S.S. Co. Ltd. (J. Esplen), Liverpool | |
| 1916 Kent S.S. Co. Ltd. (S. Walton), London | |
| Fate | 20/10/1916 captured and shelled by UB.40 when 25nm South of the Isle of Wight on passage Philadelphia for West Hartlepool with refined sugar. |
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