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Name: KNIGHT OF ST JOHN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/08/1885
Completed: 10/1885
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 561
Dimensions: 3457grt, 2287nrt, 330.0 x 43.5 x 29.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 44 & 71 x 48ins), 349nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 91259
History:
23/10/1885 Knight Steam Ships Co Ltd (Greenshields, Cowie & Co), Liverpool
1897 G Zino fu D, Savona; renamed EQUITÀ
1902 O Zino, Savona
1909 Renamed CHILE
1911 Lloyd del Pacifico (G Zino fu Dco), Savona
1913 Soc Anon Lloyd del Pacifico, Savona
1921 Quaglia & Galdini, Genoa
26/10/1921 Sank
Comments: 26/10/1921: Mined & sunk in the Cerigo Channel, south of Greece
On a voyage from Braila to Rotterdam with a cargo of wheat


Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough, Monday, 17/08/1885