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Joseph Merryweather

Built by Wm. Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool, England, 1898. 2144 gross tons; 290 (bp) feet long; 42 feet wide. Steam triple expansion engine, single screw.  Service speed 9 knots.  

Built for British owners, British flag, in 1898 and named Joseph Merryweather. W.S. Merryweather, West Hartlepool, England. Sold to British owners, British flag, in 1907 and renamed Absalon. Cuba, West Indies to New York service. Hulked at Chinde in 1951.


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