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Name: B F
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/01/1907
Completed: 02/1907
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 141
Dimensions: 424grt, 125nrt, 145.0 x 25.1 x 10.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (14, 23 & 39 x 27ins), 92nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
02/1907 Bretel Frères, St Vaast
1924 Soc de Remorquage et de Transport par Chalands et Allèges de Mer
Remorquées, Le Havre; renamed CHERBOURG
1925 Soc Havraise de Transport et de transit, Le Havre
1931 Entreprise Côtière de Transports Maritimes, Marseille; renamed FRANC
1939 Renamed BRENNUS
1942 Entreprise Jean Negri et fils, Marseille; renamed ORSURO
1943 Government of Italy; renamed CAPUA
17/04/1943 Sank
Comments: 17/04/1943: Sank after fire 1 mile off Punta Scopello, Castellamare Del Golfo
On a voyage from Trapani to Palermo


Above photo as B F is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as B F is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as FRANC is courtesy of Photoship