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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 |
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| 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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