RICHARDSON, DUCK & COMPANY, THORNABY

Name SOMERHILL
Type Steel hulled steamship
Yard Number 345
Launched 14/12/1887
Completed 01/1888
Off. Number 94350
Engine builder Blair & Co., Stockton-on-Tees
Engine type T 3 cyl.
GRT 2274
Length (feet) 282.0 (shown as 273.2 in LR1931 onwards)
Beam (feet) 37.0 (shown as 37.7 in LR1931 onwards)
First owner s.s. Somerhill Co. Ltd (F. Woods), London.
   
History 1904 Woodfield S.S. Co. Ltd. (Woods, Tylor & Brown), London
  1913 WENCESLAO, W. Gonzalez Garra, Villagarcia
  1923 LUIS ADARO, F. Gumersindo Junquera Blanco, Gijon.
   
Fate 02/02/1946 wrecked at Pasajes when inward from Santander with phosphates.

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