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Name: GOSLAR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/08/1906
Completed: 09/1906
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 764
Dimensions: 4331grt, 393.0 x 52.0ft
Engines: Q4cyl (23, 32, 48 & 72 x 54ins), 495nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (1914: 136827)
History:
09/1906 Deutsch-Australische Dampfs Ges, Hamburg
1914 The Admiralty, London
1915 Renamed HUNTSFALL
1916 The Moorgate Investment Agency Co Ltd, London (Crown nominees)
02/10/1916 Sank
Comments: 05/08/1914: Seized by the UK on arrival at Suez & requisitioned
02/10/1916: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB46, 12 miles SSE of Skyros
On a voyage from St Louis du Rhone to Salonica with a cargo of hay