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Name: ANTONY
Type: Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/11/1906
Completed: 02/1907
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 413
Dimensions: 6446grt, 3760nrt, 418.5 x 52.3 x 27.2ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (25, 41 & 68 x 48ins), 850nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 14.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 124043
History:
02/1907 Booth Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool
17/03/1917 Sank
Comments: Accommodation for 200 x 1st & 300 x 3rd Class passengers
17/03/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC48, 19 miles WxN of Coningbeg LV
On a voyage from Para to Liverpool carrying general cargo


Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Shields Daily News, Monday, 19/11/1906