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Name: Middleham Castle Official Number: 128049 Signal Letters: HRBS
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Tonnage: 4534 Gross, 4175 under deck, 2900 Net
Dimensions: 380.0' long, 50.0' breadth, 26.9' deep
Built: Glasgow Builder: W. Hamilton & Co., Ltd. Year: 1910
Registered Port: Liverpool, Great Britain Owners: Lancashire Shpping Co., Ltd.
Engines: Steam, single screw
Horsepower:
Crew: Captain E. G. Hawkin
Career: Middleham Castle was preparing to leave dry dock wharf for sea when the Explosion occurred. She suffered considerable damage, including the loss of her funnel.
Sources: Lloyds Register, 1917; The Town the Dies, Michale Bird; "The Halifax Explosion: A Marine Disaster" by David B. Flemming (1985); Shattered City by Janet Kitz (1989).

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