Northern Echo – August 28th, 1900
LAUNCH AT WEST HARTLEPOOL. on Saturday last Messrs. Wm. Gray and Co., Ltd., launched the large steel screw steamer Membland, built to the order of the Pyman Steamship Co., West Hartlepool. The vessel takes Lloyd's highest class under special survey, and her dimensions are: length overall 341ft., breadth 47ft., and depth 24ft. 10in.