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Name: BRANKSOME HALL
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 25/10/1904
Completed: 12/1904
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 723
Dimensions: 4262grt, 2728nrt, 374.7 x 46.6 x 27.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (23.5, 40 & 69 x 48ins), 420nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 118149
History:
12/1904 Ellerman Lines Ltd (R Alexander & Co), Liverpool
1906 McGregor, Gow & Co, Liverpool; renamed GLENAVON
1911 Ellerman Lines Ltd (Hall Line Ltd), Liverpool
1911 Renamed BRANKSOME HALL
14/07/1918 Sank
Comments: 14/07/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB105
when 68 miles NW by W of Marsa Susa
On a voyage from Newport to Port Said with a cargo of coal


Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 26/10/1904