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Name: CASPIAN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 07/04/1894
Completed: 05/1894
Builder: Edwards Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 68
Dimensions: 3603grt, 2317nrt, 350.0 x 43.0 x 26.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 66 x 45ins), 301nhp
Engines by: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 102866
History:
05/1894 Nelson, Donkin & Co, London
1915 Mitre Shipping Co Ltd (Houlder, Middleton & Co Ltd), London
20/05/1917 Sank
Comments: 20/05/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U34 when 3.5 miles E of Cabo Cervera
On a voyage from Antofagasta to Savona with a cargo of nitrate