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Tantallon - a general history

Completed November 1898; Official No. 106992: Code Letters QKJS.

Owners: 1898 Maclean, Doughty & Co, West Hartlepool; 1900 Maclean & Co, West Hartlepol; 1914 Maclean Shipping Co Ltd (William Maclean & Co mgrs) West Hartlepool; 1916 Watts, Watts & Co, West Hartlepool–renamed Datchet; 1926 GN Pittas Brothers & Co, Chios–renamed Georgios Pittas.

Masters: 1898-1911 J Berry; 1915 J Rowe.

Georgios Pittas was at anchor at Holyhead & suffered severe damage when she was struck by the British steamer Marconi on 8 January 1934. She was broken up at Newport in February 1934.

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