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Name: LILLIE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/02/1903
Completed: 05/1903
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 285
Dimensions: 1299grt, 836nrt, 227.5 x 31.8 x 13.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (21, 34 & 56 x 36ins), 245nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 117705
History:
05/1903 Donald Steamship Co Ltd, Bristol
1915 Limerick Steamship Co Ltd, Limerick; renamed AYLEVARROO
08/10/1917 Sank
Comments: 08/10/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U57 off Ballycotton Islands
On a voyage from Liverpool to Tralee & Limerick with general cargo


Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 17/02/1903