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Name: CITY OF LONDON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/11/1891
Completed: 1891
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 162
Dimensions: 351grt, 182nrt, 135.3 x 23.6 x 11.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (12.5, 20 & 33 x 24ins), 50nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 99031
History:
1891 DC Thomas & Son, London
1913 Brussels Steamship Co Ltd (DC Thomas & Son), London
1927 Renamed CITY OF LIČGE
1929 Hecht Pfieffer (London) Ltd, London
1930 Metal & Iron Corporation Ltd, London; renamed INGELO
1930 Hugo Köster, Rostock; renamed AXEL
1936 Köster & Seelig, Roctock
10/01/1940 Sank
Comments: 10/10/1940: Sank after a collision with GRILLE in Kiel Bay
On a voyage from Graasten to Kiel with with a cargo of pigs