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Name: KAFUE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/02/1913
Completed: 04/1913
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 822
Dimensions: 6044grt, 3889nrt, 423.7 x 54.1 x 31.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (25.5, 43.5 & 76 x 51ins), 589nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 133309
History:
04/04/1913 Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd, North Shields
1914 Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co Ltd, North Shields
30/04/1918 Sank
Comments: 30/04/1918: Sank after being shelled and torpedoed by U-Boat
U86 when 11 miles SW of the Mull of Galloway
On a voyage from Glasgow to Calcutta carrying general cargo


Jarrow Express, Friday, 28/02/1913