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Name: RHODESIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 14/06/1900
Completed: 08/1900
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 84
Dimensions: 4313grt, 2826nrt, 360.0 x 48.0 x 20.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 38.5 & 65 x 48ins), 319nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 113529
History:
08/1900 Seville & United Kingdom Carrying Co Ltd (J Cory & Sons Ltd), Cardiff
1915 Oscar de Lucovich, Cardiff
1916 Franco-British Steamship Co Ltd (Olivier & Co Ltd), Cardiff
11/10/1917 Sank
Comments: 11/10/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U61, 7 miles SExS of Coningbeg LV
On a voyage from Tampico to London with a cargo of oil & bitumen


Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 16/06/1900