RICHARDSON, DUCK & COMPANY, THORNABY
| Name | SLEDMERE |
| Type | Cargo steamship |
| Yard Number | 382 |
| Launched | 24/01/1891 |
| Completed | 02/1891 |
| Off. Number | 98723 |
| Engine builder | Blair & Co., Stockton-on-Tees |
| Engine type | T 3 cyl. |
| GRT | 1970 |
| Length (feet) | 270 |
| Beam (feet) | 36.7 |
| First owner | G. R. Sanderson & Co., Hull. |
| History | 1893 East Riding Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. (G. R. Sanderson & Co.), Hull |
| 1899 BILLIO, J. L. Vatis. & Co., Syra. | |
| 1912 N. D. Lykiardopoulo, Syra | |
| 1915 NICOLAOS, C. Goudis & Co., Syra | |
| 1916 A/S Steam (C. B. Nielsen), Skien | |
| 1917 renamed NORDSTRAND | |
| 1917 The Shipping Controller (W. A. Massey & Son), London | |
| Fate | 18/03/1918 ran aground on Whitby rocks while on passage Tyne to Rouen with coal, but sank 0.75 miles N.E. of Whitby piers. Crew of 26 saved by Whitby lifeboat. (NB Lifeboat records show this took place on 25/03/1918) |
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