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Name: THURSO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 05/02/1909
Completed: 02/1909
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 164
Dimensions: 1244grt, 729nrt, 250.8 x 34.3 x 15.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (16.5, 27 & 45 x 33ins), 116nhp
Engines by: Amos & Smith Ltd, Hull
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 128132
History:
02/1909 T Wilson, Sons & Co Ltd, Hull
27/09/1916 Sank
Comments: 27/09/1916: Captured, shelled & sunk by U-Boat U44, 60 miles NE by E of Rattray Head
On a voyage from Arkhangelsk to Hull with a cargo of timber


Hull Daily Mail, Saturday, 06/02/1909