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Name: BANTU
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/07/1901
Completed: 1901
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 710
Dimensions: 4189grt, 2662nrt, 360.0 x 47.0 x 28.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (28, 46 & 77 x 48ins), 535nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 114778
History:
1901 Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd (Bucknall Bros), London
1910 Isthmian Steamship Co Ltd (United States Steel Co, New York), North Shields
1914 United States Steel Products Co, New York
1930 P Hadjilias et al; renamed ORPHEUS
03/10/1930 Broken up
Comments: 11/10/1917: Requisitioned by the US Shipping Board
01/1918: Aground in Delaware Bay just below Marcus Hook
27/01/1918: Refloated after major part of cargo removed
Towed to Philadelphia Shipyard for repairs
07/07/1919: Returned to owners
03/10/1930: Arrived at Blyth to be broken up by Hughes Bolckow Shipbreaking Co Ltd


Above photo as BANTU courtesy of Clive Ketley