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Castleventry - a general history

Completed May 1891; Official No. 98509: Code Letters MDTH.

Owners: 1891 WJ Sivewright, Bacon & Co, West Hartlepool: 1903 Imperial SS Co Ltd (Sivewright, Bacon & Co) West Hartlepool: 1913 J Nakamura, Nishinoyima, Japan -renamed Ikoma Maru: 1917 Taisho Kisen KK, Amagasaki, Japan

Masters: 1891-93 E White: 1894-1900 WT Horsefield: 1902 DW Simmons: 1903 AW Dormand: 1904 CH Laing: 1905-09 FC Berner.

Bound from Java for Delaware with a cargo of sugar & for orders & with a total crew of 26 Castleventry lost her boats & bulwarks during Force 12 southerly winds in the North Atlantic in 36N/64W on 23 September 1896. 1 life lost.

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