Novington

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The Novington, a vessel laden with a cargo of timber, 110.4 L x 15.2 B x 6.6 D metres, 327 hp. In passage from Archangel, Russia, via Lerwick to the Tyne, England.

The information available for this vessel is extremely vague, it would appear that she had been torpedoed, then taken in tow, but broke adrfit. By means unspecified she was then purposely beached at Cullingsburgh, Bressay. Next she was brought around to Lerwick, but for reason(s) not recorded she sank at an unspecified position off Scarfa Skerry, on the NE side of the Ness of Sound, sometime during or before 1917.