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Name: ASTROLOGER
Type: Cargo ship
Launched: 30/08/1890
Completed: 10/1890
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 40
Dimensions: 912grt, 578nrt, 210.0 x 30.1 x 17.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (17, 28 & 46 x 30ins), 114nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 95227
History:
10/1890 George Gibson & Co, Leith
26/06/1916 Sank
Comments: 26/06/1016: Sank after being mined when 5 miles SSE of Lowestoft
On a voyage from Leith to Dunkerque with coal and general cargo
The mine was laid on the same day by U-Boat UC1