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Name: BURNHOPE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 14/08/1907
Completed: 09/1907
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 145
Dimensions: 1941grt, 1183nrt, 272.0 x 40.0 x 17.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (20, 33 & 54 x 36ins), 200nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 125430
History:
09/1907 Burnett Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle
14/12/1916 Sank
Comments: 14/12/1916: Sunk by mine laid by U-Boat UC32 in Hartlepool Bay
On voyage from Hartlepool to London with a cargo of coal


Photo courtesy of Clive Ketley

Marine Engineer, 01/09/1907

Newcastle Journal, Friday, 15/12/1916