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Name: PANCRAS
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 29/04/1911
Completed: 09/1911
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 442
Dimensions: 4436grt, 2809nrt, 376.5 x 50.3 x 23.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 67 x 48ins), 446nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 131367
History:
10/08/1911 Booth Steam Ship Co Ltd, Liverpool
20/12/1932 Broken up
Comments: Built for the Liverpool to South America - Amazon trade
STEPHEN, DENIS & PANCRAS were sister ships from the same builder
Accommodation for 34 x 1st & 100 x Steerage Class passengers
08/1911: Lengthened to 376.5ft by Hawthorn Leslie & Co at Hebburn
A new section 20.9ft inserted just foreward of the bridge
20/12/1932: Arrived at La Spezia for breaking up
1933: Broken up by Cant di Portovenere


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