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Name: ARIOSTO
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/01/1940
Completed: 03/1940
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1646
Dimensions: 2176grt, 979nrt, 295.2 x 44.2 x 17.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (20, 34 & 56 x 39ins) + LP turbine, 521nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 167082
History:
14/03/1940 Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd, Hull
24/10/1941 Sank
Comments: 24/10/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U564, 300 miles E of Gibraltar at 35.50N - 11.0W
On a voyage from Lisbon to Liverpool carrying cork & general cargo