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Name: CITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/08/1911
Completed: 11/1911
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 814
Dimensions: 7498grt, 4839nrt, 452.0 x 55.7 x 31.5ft
Engines: Q4cyl (26.5, 38, 55.5 & 80 x 54ins), 756nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 131397
History:
09/11/1911 Ellerman Lines Ltd (Hall Line Ltd), Liverpool
27/11/1916 Sank
Comments: Accommodation for about 130 x 1st Class & about 40 x 2nd Class passengers
27/11/1916: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U32, 90 miles SE of Malta
On a voyage from Liverpool to Karachi carrying passengers & general cargo


Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo is courtesy of the State Library of Western Australia

Jarrow Express, Friday, 18/08/1911