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Name: BATTERSEA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/07/1902
Completed: 08/1902
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 122
Dimensions: 860grt, 535nrt, 215.0 x 32.1 x 15.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (16.5, 27 & 44 x 30ins), 112nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 115877
History:
08/1902 River Steam Colliers Co Ltd, London
31/03/1915 Gas, Light & Coke Co, London
08/02/1918 Sank
Comments: 08/02/1918: Sank after collision with WILTON, 2 miles east of Scarborough
On a voyage in convoy from the Tyne to London with a cargo of coal