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Name: DUART
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/05/1901
Completed: 07/1901
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 354
Dimensions: 3108grt, 2008nrt, 323.1 x 47.2 x 23.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 65 x 42ins), 282nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 112440
History:
07/1901 W Maclean & Co, West Hartlepool
1910 WS Maclean, West Hartlepool
1914 Maclean Shipping Co Ltd (W Maclean & Co), West Hartlepool
31/08/1916 Sank
Comments: 31/08/1916: Captured, shelled & sunk by U-Boat U38 when
60 miles NxE of Cherchel, Algeria at position 37.39N – 02.05E
On a voyage from Cette to Newfoundland in ballast