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Name: ISLE OF FRANCE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 31/10/1883
Completed: 1883
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 51
Dimensions: 1473grt, 926nrt, 260.0 x 35.2 x 15.5ft
Engines: C2cyl (29 & 56 x 36ins), 157nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 88765
History:
1883 Dixon, Robson & Co, Newcastle
1897 NV Stoom Mij Oostzee (Vinke & Co), Amsterdam; renamed HILVERSUM
24/06/1917 Sank
Comments: 24/06/1917: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat UC51 when 5 miles
East of Lundy Island on a voyage from Le Havre to Barry in ballast