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Housatonic - (1901-1908)
See also: The Irish Ship Wreck Site
"Housatonic".
"Housatonic" was build as "Northern Light" by Naval Construction & Armaments Co., Ltd., Barrow, for G. Crosham,
Lane & Co., London.
Measurements : 347 Feet Lenght x 45 Feet 6 inches breadth.
Engines : T 3 cyl.
1896 : Lennards Petroleum Carrying Co., London, not renamed.
4.1901 : Renamed "Housatonic" for Anglo-American oil Co., Ltd.
1.1908 : Wrecked on Maiden Rocks, near Larne ( voyage Barrow/New York in ballast ).