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Name: WAR BUFFALO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 1918
Completed: 06/1918
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 248
Dimensions: 5228grt, 3293nrt, 400.2 x 52.3 x 28.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 142428
History:
06/1918 The Shipping Controller (Rankin, Gilmour & Co Ltd), London
1919 Lloyd Royal Belge SA, Antwerp; renamed PERSIER
1930 Cie Maritime Belge (Lloyd Royal) SA, Antwerp
11/02/1945 Sank
Comments: 11/02/1945: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat U1017 in 50.24N - 04.20W
on a voyage from Cardiff to Antwerp with dried eggs, soap, meat and general cargo


Above photo as PERSIER