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Name: INDIAN PRINCE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 26/05/1910
Completed: 07/1910
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 414
Dimensions: 2846grt, 1775nrt, 340.4 x 46.3 x 21.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 42 & 69 x 45ins), 389nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 129755
History:
21/07/1910 Prince Line Ltd (J Knott), Newcastle
09/09/1914 Sank
Comments: 04/09/1914: Captured by German auxiliary cruiser KRONPRINZ WILHELM, 210 miles
ExN of Pernambuco. On a voyage from Bahia to New York with a cargo of coffee
09/09/1914: Sunk by being scuttled


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Above photo is courtesy of The Shields Gazette