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Name: LUMEN
Type: Tanker
Launched: 03/04/1889
Completed: 05/1889
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 549
Dimensions: 2402grt, 1555nrt, 294.0 x 37.7 x 26.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (21, 35 & 57 x 36ins), 195nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 96305
History:
05/1889 Lumen Steamship Co Ltd (HE Moss & Co), Liverpool
1924 Harris & Dixon Ltd, London; renamed IVOR
21/09/1924 Fire and sank
Comments: 21/09/1924: Abandoned on fire in position 45.12N - 50.05W
On a voyage from Philadelphia to Rouen with a cargo of gasoline


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