W. HARKESS & SON LTD., MIDDLESBROUGH
| Name | ESKWOOD |
| Type | Cargo |
| Yard Number | 189 |
| Launched | 25/07/1911 |
| Completed | 08/1911 |
| Off. Number | 128813 |
| Engine builder | Blair & Co., Stockton-on-Tees |
| Engine type | T. 3cyl, aft |
| GRT | 791 |
| Length (feet) | 195 |
| Beam (feet) | 30 |
| First owner | Meteor S.S. Co. Ltd. (Constantine & Donking), Middlesbrough |
| History | 1918 E. Johnson & Co. Ltd., Goole |
| 1926 S. & R. Steamships Ltd. (Stone & Rolfe), Swansea | |
| 1937 Mersey Ports Stevedoring Co. Ltd, Liverpool | |
| 1944 Grand Union (Shipping) Ltd., London | |
| 09/03/1945 captured by German raid at Granville and taken to Saint Helier, returned 05/1945 | |
| 1946 renamed KILWORTH | |
| 1950 Fenchurch Shipping Co. Ltd. (Geo. A. Tom Ltd.), London | |
| 1951 renamed FENCHURCH | |
| 1951 HOLDERNOLL, Holderness S.S. Co. Ltd., Hull | |
| Fate | 20/01/1956 arrived at Gateshead for breaking. |
Photo collection Harold Appleyard
As HOLDERNOLL, collection of Richard Cox
and in a photograph by Charlie Hill, passing Swinefleet on the River Ouse
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