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Name: ANNE SMITH
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 1872
Completed: 1872
Builder: W Cleland & Co Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 3
Dimensions: 856grt, 542nrt, 209.8 x 28.8 x 14.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (25 & 50 x 33ins), 98nhp
Engines by: Ouseburn Engineering Works Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 65743
History:
1872 Edward Smith, London
1880 Biscay SS Co Ltd, Liverpool
1882 Renamed BRACKLEY
1888 New Biscay SS Co Ltd, Liverpool
1889 Angfartygs A/B Amicitia, Gothenburg; renamed ADOLF
1913 Angfartygs A/B Adolf, Gothenburg
12/02/1917 Sank
Comments: 12/02/1917: Captured by U-Boat UC44 & sunk by explosive charges
In a position 50 miles east of Wick, Scotland
On a voyage from Swansea to Sweden with general cargo