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Name: BADAGRI
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/02/1907
Completed: 03/1907
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 163
Dimensions: 2952grt, 1825nrt, 325.0 x 46.0 x 22.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 66 x 45ins), 311nhp
Engines by: J Dickinson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 124056
History:
03/1907 Elder Dempster Shipping Ltd, Liverpool
1910 Elder Line Ltd (Elder, Dempster & Co Ltd), Liverpool
13/07/1918 Sank
Comments: 13/07/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U91, 425 miles WNW of Cape St Vincent
On a voyage from Liverpool to Sierra Leone carrying general cargo


Shields Daily News, Friday, 01/03/1907