IRVINE'S SHIPBUILDING & DRY DOCKS COMPANY LTD., WEST HARTLEPOOL

Name SIRIUS (launched as WEARSIDE)
Type Cargo ship
Yard Number 128
Launched  
Completed 04/1903
Off. Number  
Engine builder Richardson Westgarth & Co.
Engine type T. 3 cyl.
GRT 1375
Length (feet) 230.6
Beam (feet) 35.1
First owner Angfartygs A/B Sirius (W. R. Lundgren), Gothenburg
History Launched as WEARDALE  for Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd.
  1907 SWANSEA BAY, Swansea Steamers Ltd. (Richards, Turpin & Co.), Swansea
  1913 MARTIN A.G. fur Mechanische Holzbearbeitung (A. M. Luther), Reval
  1915 - 1918 Imperial Russian Navy requisition
  1918 SVOBODA, Soviet government
  1923 Soviet Navy transport
  1924 renamed METALLIST
   
Fate 26/07/1941 sunk by shelling from German artillery near Hangö

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