ROPNER & SON., STOCKTON-ON-TEES
| Name | ASHBY |
| Type | Cargo |
| Yard Number | 322 |
| Launched | 14/05/1896 |
| Completed | 06/1896 |
| Off. Number | 102748 |
| Engine builder | Blair & Co., Stockton-on-Tees |
| Engine type | T. 3 cyl. |
| GRT | 1947 |
| Length (feet) | 270 |
| Beam (feet) | 39.5 |
| First owner | R. Ropner & Co., West Hartlepool |
| History | 1916 Sir R. Ropner & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool |
| Fate | 15/02/1916 wrecked when 2 miles off Ouessant on passage Nantes for Cardiff in ballast with a crew of 20, Captain Green and one crewman lost their lives. |
Photo from collection of Harold Appleyard
....and from Roland Grard in France, photos of her boilers still visible near the La Jument lighthouse
and the grave of her master, Captain Green
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