RICHARDSON, DUCK & COMPANY, THORNABY

Name WESTWARD HO
Type Cargo steamship
Yard Number 514
Launched 16/06/1900
Completed 07/1900
Off. Number 113528
Engine builder Blair & Co. Ltd., Stockton-on-Tees
Engine type T 3 cyl.
GRT 3596
Length (feet) 339.2
Beam (feet) 46.2
First owner Westward Ho S.S. Co. Ltd. (W. J. Tatem & Co.), Cardiff.
   
History 1910 Tatem Steam Nav. Co. Ltd. (W. J. Tatem & Co.), Cardiff.
  1913 Lewis Maritime Co. Ltd. (T. Lewis), Cardiff.
  1915 The Bay S.S. Co. Ltd., London.
  1917 re-named BAYWEST
   
Fate 09/09/1918 Accidentally hit by gunfire from a French steamer when 1.5 miles W. by S. of Longships whilst on voyage from Fort de France to Marseilles with cargo of sugar & rum. She caught fire and sank.

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