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Name: WHITEMANTLE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/08/1920
Completed: 11/1920
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 220
Dimensions: 1692grt, 993nrt, 260.1 x 37.7 x 16.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (20, 33 & 54 x 36ins), 208nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 145077
History:
29/10/1920 Gas, Light & Coke Co, London
22/10/1939 Sank
Comments: 22/10/1939: Mined & sunk east of Withernsea Light, Yorkshire
On a voyage from the Tyne to London with a cargo of coal. 14 crew lost


Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Shields Daily News, Monday, 16/08/1920