RICHARDSON, DUCK & COMPANY, THORNABY
| Name | LADY LEWIS |
| Type | Cargo steamship |
| Yard Number | 585 |
| Launched | 29/04/1907 |
| Completed | 07/1907 |
| Off. Number | 123182 |
| Engine builder | North East Marine Engineering, Sunderland |
| Engine type | T 3 cyl. |
| GRT | 3477 |
| Length (feet) | 350 |
| Beam (feet) | 49 |
| First owner | Lady Lewis S.S. Co. Ltd. (W. J. Tatem & Co.), Cardiff. |
| History | 1910 Tatem S.N. Co. Ltd. |
| 1912 YANKALILLA, Adelaide S.S. Co. Ltd., Adelaide. | |
| 1929 BOLIVIA, Rederi A/B Ovidia (C. I. Morin), Gothenburg. | |
| 1930 PLUTO, Rederi A/B Iris (C. Abrahamsen), Stockholm. | |
| 1932 Rederi A/B Pluto (Emm. Erikson), Mariehamn | |
| Fate | 20/06/1941 Captured by H.M.S. SUFFOLK 100m NW of Butt of Lewis on voyage South America via New York to Petsamo with wheat. She was sent to Iceland and then Kirkwall with marines on board but on 28/06/1941 she was torpedoed and sunk by U.146 about 100m NNW of Butt of Lewis. |
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