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Name: BRITANNIA launched as KABYLIE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 05/08/1902
Completed: 09/1902
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 108
Dimensions: 1814grt, 1161nrt, 270.0 x 39.5 x 18.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (20.5, 33 & 54 x 36ins), 206nhp
Engines by: George Clark Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 115911
History:
09/1902 J Hall Jnr & Co, London
08/12/1916 Sank
Comments: 05/08/1902: Launched as KABYLIE for Lombard Steamship Co, London
08/12/1916: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U38, 70 miles WxS of Cabo Sines, Portugal
On a voyage from London to Malaga carrying general cargo


Above photo as BRITANNIA courtesy of Clive Ketley

Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 06/08/1902