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Name: BRANKSOME TOWER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 14/03/1892
Completed: 05/1892
Builder: Edwards Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 59
Dimensions: 3209grt, 2036nrt, 331.0 x 40.2 x 26.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 38 & 61 x 45ins), 274nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 99075
History:
05/1892 F Stumore & Co, London
1892 Hamburg-Südamerikansiche Dampfs Ges, Hamburg; renamed RIO
1902 Deutsche Levante Linie, Hamburg; renamed SERIPHOS
1916 The Shipping Controller (FC Strick & Co Ltd), London
1916 Renamed HUNTSGULF
1920 P Mitrovich, Dubrovnik; renamed JUGOSLAVEN PRVI
1924 Josip Ucovich, Dubrovnik: renamed VOJSLAV
Q1/1927 Broken up
Comments: 08/1914: Laid up at Piraeus
03/09/1916: Seized at Piraeus by Allied Forces
Q1/1927: Broken up at Inverkeithing by TW Ward Ltd