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Name: GLENGYLE
Type: Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/07/1914
Completed: 10/1914
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 465
Dimensions: 9395grt, 5900nrt, 500.2 x 62.3 x 34.7ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (24, 40.5 & 68 x 48ins), 988nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 12.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 136711
History:
06/10/1914 Glen Line (McGregor, Gow & Co Ltd), London
01/01/1916 Sank
Comments: 01/01/1916: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U34, 240 miles ExS of Malta
On a voyage from Vladivostok to London carrying cotton & general cargo


Above photo is copyright of the State Library of Western Australia

Newcastle Journal, Friday, 10/07/1914