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Name: OCEAN PRINCE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 18/10/1906
Completed: 05/1907
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 777
Dimensions: 5101grt, 3288nrt, 401.0 x 50.2 x 29.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 45 & 74 x 48ins), 464nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 122870
History:
25/05/1907 Prince Line Ltd (James Knott), Newcastle
16/12/1916 Wrecked
Comments: 16/10/1916: Wrecked at Cap La Hague, Normandy
On a voyage from Halifax to French ports with a cargo of grain


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