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Name: KARNAK
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 14/12/1887
Completed: 01/1888
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 63
Dimensions: 2486grt, 1595nrt, 290.0 x 40.2 x 24.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 37 & 62 x 42ins), 256nhp
Engines by: Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
01/1888 Deutsche Dampfs Ges “Kosmos”, Hamburg
1903 Deutsche Levante Linie, Hamburg
1917 Italian Government (Ferrovie dello Stato), Genoa; renamed SAN GIUSTO
Q2/1923 Broken up
Comments: 25/05/1915: Sank at Ancona during bombardment by Austrian warships
1917: Raised & became an Italian prize
Q2/1923: Broken up