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Name: CAPE ANTIBES
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/05/1903
Completed: 06/1903
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 125
Dimensions: 2549grt, 1616nrt, 325.7 x 45.3 x 20.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 38 & 61 x 42ins), 261nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 117380
History:
06/1903 Cape Antibes Steamship Co Ltd (Lyle Shipping Co Ltd), Greenock
21/10/1915 Sank
Comments: 21/10/1915: Sunk by a mine between Cape Gorodetski and Cape Orloff,
at the entrance to the White Sea, on a voyage from Barry to Arkhangelsk.
Mine laid on 07-08/06/1915 by SMS METEOR.


Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox

Greenock Telegraph & Clyde Shipping Gazette, Thursday, 14/05/1903