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Name: GRELTORIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 1917
Completed: 09/1917
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 240
Dimensions: 5143grt, 375.2 x 51.2 x 31.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 367nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 139618
History:
08/1917 Griffiths Lewis SN Co Ltd (JC Gould & Co Ltd), Cardiff
27/09/1917 Sank
Comments: 27/09/1917: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat UB34 when 3 miles
NW by N of Flamborough Head on a voyage from the Tyne to Naples with coal