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Name: RALLUS
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 31/12/1914
Completed: 03/1915
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 954
Dimensions: 1752grt, 942nrt, 285.0 x 38.2 x 19.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (20.5, 34 & 56 x 42ins), 284nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 135717
History:
03/1915 Cork Steam Ship Co Ltd, Cork
27/09/1916 Sank
Comments: Accommodation for a limited number of passengers
Intended for the peacetime route of Manchester, Liverpool and Dutch & Belgian ports
27/09/1916: Sunk by gunfire from U-Boat U35, 45 miles NE of Dragonera Island, Mallorca
On a voyage from Glasgow to Palermo carrying general cargo & coal