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Name: DEARNE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 08/02/1909
Completed: 03/1909
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 808
Dimensions: 984grt, 240.2 x 34.1 x 15.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 36 & 61 x 39ins), 331nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 13.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 122970
History:
03/1909 Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Co, Goole
1914 Government of Germany
22/12/1915 Sank
Comments: 08/1914: Detained at Hamburg, seized by Germany & used as a transport
22/12/1915: Torpedoed & sunk by a British submarine in the North Sea


Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo is courtesy of Stan Threadgould

Jarrow Express, Friday, 12/02/1909