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Name: ULTONIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 06/06/1898
Completed: 10/1898
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 228
Dimensions: 8056grt, 5212nrt, 500.0 x 57.4 x 33.9ft;
(1899: 8845grt, 5748nrt); (1904: 10402grt, 6593nrt)
Engines: 2 x Tcyl (23.5, 38.5 & 68 x 48ins), 1100nhp
Engines by: Sir Christopher Furness, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 13.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 109478
History:
10/1898 Cunard Steam Ship Co Ltd, Liverpool
27/06/1917 Sank
Comments: Ordered by Christopher Furness but purchased on the stocks by Cunard for £115,000
Purchased for the cargo & cattle trade between Liverpool & Boston
1899: Fitted with accommodation for 673 x 3rd Class passengers
1904: Converted to an emigrant carrier
1904: Accommodation then for 120 x 2nd & 2100 x 3rd Class passengers
1904: Switched to the Trieste, Fiume & Naples to New York route
27/06/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U53, 190 miles SW of Fastnet
On a voyage from New York to London carrying general cargo


Above photo is copyright of Ian Allan

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Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 07/06/1898