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Name: COLENSO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/10/1900
Completed: 12/1900
Builder: Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 62
Dimensions: 3861grt, 2532nrt, 340.0 x 47.2 x 20.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 40 & 66 x 45ins), 317nhp
Engines by: Sir Christopher Furness, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 113582
History:
08/1900 T Wilson, Sons & Co Ltd, Hull
30/11/1915 Sank
Comments: 30/11/1915: Sank after being captured and shelled by U-Boat U33 when
33 miles ESE of Malta on a voyage from the Tees and Hull to Bombay


Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 10/10/1900