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Name: SANDON HALL
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 05/09/1906
Completed: 10/1906
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 775
Dimensions: 5134grt, 3293nrt, 410.4 x 50.2 x 29.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (24.5, 42 & 71.5 x 46ins), 500nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 124006
History:
10/1906 Ellerman Lines Ltd (R Alexander & Co), Liverpool
1910 Managers became Hall Line Ltd, Liverpool
01/01/1918 Sank
Comments: 01/01/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by Austro-Hungarian submarine U40
when 22 miles NNE of Linosa, in position 36.15N - 13.00E
On a voyage from Basra to London with a cargo of dates & linseed


Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox