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Name: LESBIAN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 31/07/1923
Completed: 09/1923
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1211
Dimensions: 2352grt, 1460nrt, 272.1 x 41.7 x 19.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (18, 31.5 & 54 x 36ins), 274nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 147232
History:
09/1923 Ellerman Lines Ltd, Liverpool
14/07/1941 Sank
Comments: 23/06/1940: Detained at Beirut
14/07/1941: Sunk in Beirut Roads by British air attack


Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo courtesy of Clive Ketley