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Name: ASHMORE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 27/10/1898
Completed: 01/1899
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 98
Dimensions: 2519grt, 1574nrt, 325.5 x 45.2 x 19.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 37 & 61 x 42ins), 251nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 13.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 108661
History:
01/1899 Adam Steamship Co Ltd, (Adam & Co), Aberdeen
12/09/1915 Sank
Comments: 12/09/1915: Mined & sunk 5 miles ExN of Kentish Knock Light Vessel
On a voyage from Rosario to Rotterdam with a cargo of maize
Mine was laid by U-Boat UC3 on 06/09/1915