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Name: KERRY RANGE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/11/1915
Completed: 02/1916
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 225
Dimensions: 5856grt, 3798nrt, 400.0 x 52.0 x 35.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (26, 43 & 73 x 48ins), 535nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 137494
History:
10/02/1916 Neptune Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Furness, Withy & Co Ltd), Liverpool
1918 Steam Navigation Co of Canada Ltd, Montreal
1920 Renamed BLOSSOM HEATH
1925 Yugoslavenska Americaniska Plovidba ad, Dubrovnik
1925 Renamed VOJVODA PUTNIK
1928 Yugoslavenski Lloyd dd, Dubrovnik
08/03/1943 Sank
Comments: 08/03/1943: Abandoned with a damaged rudder, then
torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U591, 490 miles SW of Reykjavik
On a voyage from Bahia Blanca via New York to Loch Ewe and London


Above photo as VOJVODA PUTNIK is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as VOJVODA PUTNIK is courtesy of Photoship