IRVINE & COMPANY, WEST HARTLEPOOL
| Name | ROCKLANDS |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Yard Number | 37 |
| Launched | 10/09/1881 |
| Completed | 10/1881 |
| Off. Number | 84530 |
| Engine builder | T. Richardson & Sons, West Hartlepool |
| Engine type | Compound 2 cyl. |
| GRT | 953 |
| Length (feet) | 224.3 |
| Beam (feet) | 31.5 |
| First owner | Hardy, Wilson & Co., West Hartlepool |
| History | 1895 R. Hardy & Co., West Hartlepool |
| 1896 Gebr. Petersen, Flensburg | |
| 1913 FRANZ FISCHER, F. W. Fischer, Rostock | |
| 08/1914 seized at Sharpness, Admiralty requisition as CT-18 (managers Everett & Newbigin), London | |
| Fate | 01/02/1916 torpedoed by UB.17 when 2nm from South of Kentish Knock Light Vessel on passage Hartlepool for Cowes with coal (official list says bombed by a Zeppelin) |
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