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Name: DAFILA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/01/1917
Completed: 03/1917
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1022
Dimensions: 1754grt, 870nrt, 285.0 x 40.0 x 19.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (20.5, 34 & 56 x 42ins), 318nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 135719
History:
03/1917 Cork SS Co Ltd, Cork
21/07/1917 Sank
Comments: 21/07/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U45 when 85 miles
W by S of the Fastnet, in position 50.16N - 12.18W
On a voyage from Valencia & Gibraltar to Liverpool with iron ore & onions