FURNESS, WITHY & COMPANY LTD, MIDDLETON, HARTLEPOOL

Name OLDHAMIA
Type Cargo Ship
Yard Number 271
Launched 03/03/1904
Completed 04/1904
Off. Number 119584
Engine builder Richardson Westgarth & Company, Middleton, Hartlepool
Engine type T. 3cyl. 292NHP
GRT 3639
Length (feet) 352.5
Beam (feet) 48.9
First owner Manchester & Salford S.S. Co. Ltd. (Sivewright, Bacon & Company), Manchester
   
Fate 18/05/1905 captured by Russian cruiser OLEG when about 125 miles WSW of Batan Islands in the Luzon Strait on passage New York for Hong Kong.

08/06/1905 grounded and set on fire by prize crew off Etorofu Island, Kuriles while on passage to Vladivostok.

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