RICHARDSON, DUCK & COMPANY, THORNABY
| Name | SHANDON |
| Type | Cargo steamship |
| Yard Number | 504 |
| Launched | 11/05/1899 |
| Completed | 06/1899 |
| Off. Number | 109783 |
| Engine builder | Blair & Co. Ltd., Stockton-on-Tees |
| Engine type | T 3 cyl. 335 nhp. |
| GRT | 3850 |
| Length (feet) | 340.0 |
| Beam (feet) | 48.1 |
| First owner | Shandon S. S. Co. Ltd. (W. J. Tatem & Co.), Cardiff |
| History | 29/12/1909 Stranded 1.5 m S.E. of Heligoland on voyage Odessa to R. Weser. |
| 1910 Refloated and sold to H. Neugebauer & Co., Germany. | |
| 1911 HEDWIG MENZELL, Menzell & Co. / Menzell-Linie G.m.b.H., Germany. | |
| 1912 FRANZ WILKE, Vulkan Reederei Dampfer Franz Wilke G.m.b.H. (N.V. Handels en Transport Maats Vulcaan), Germany. | |
| 1919 Surrendered as war prize to Britain, allocated to The Shipping Controller (Mgr. W. Runciman & Co. Ltd.) | |
| 1921 MARY AMELIA, Amelia S. S. Co. Ltd. (Logothetis & Rogers), Newcastle Upon Tyne. | |
| 1924 managers Logothettis & Wilson, London. | |
| 1925 ESSEX HEATH, Essex Transport & Trading Co. Ltd. (Meldrum & Swinson), London. | |
| Fate | 1930 Broken up at Bolnes by G. B. Pas & Sons, arrived 16/05/1930. |
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