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Name: INDIANIC
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 01/05/1908
Completed: 06/1908
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 423
Dimensions: 4271grt, 2712nrt, 380.4 x 52.0 x 25.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (27.5, 46 & 76 x 48ins), 492nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
06/1908 Rederi A/B Transatlantic (WRB Lundgren), Gothenburg
1936 A Lusi, Argostoli; renamed PINDOS
1937 Pindos SS Co Ltd, Argostoli
04/08/1940 Sank
Comments: 04/08/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U58, 20 miles W of Tory Island
On a voyage from Bahia Blanca to Avonmouth with a cargo of grain


Above photo as INDIANIC is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as INDIANIC is courtesy of Graeme Turner

Above photo as INDIANIC is courtesy of Graeme Turner