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Name: ANCROFT
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/02/1905
Completed: 05/1905
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 727
Dimensions: 3291grt, 2106nrt, 331.2 x 49.0 x 22.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 38 & 64 x 45ins), 308nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 118654
History:
05/1905 Adam Brothers Ltd, Newcastle
1910 W Denton, CS Swan & JB Adam (Stamp, Mann & Co), Newcastle
1911 Lodore Steamship Co Ltd (Watson, Munro & Co), London; renamed LODANER
16/04/1918 Sank
Comments: 16/04/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB73 SE of South Arklow Light Vessel
On a voyage from Salta Caballo via Brest to Glasgow with a cargo of ore