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Name: DON
Type: Cargo ship
Launched: 11/07/1892
Completed: 08/1892
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 54
Dimensions: 939grt, 464nrt, 225.5 x 33.3 x 15.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (19, 32 & 52 x 36ins), 179nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 98389
History:
08/1892 Goole Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Goole
1905 Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Co, Goole
08/05/1915 Sank
Comments: 08/05/1915: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U9, 7 miles east of Coquet Island
On a voyage from Cromarty to Blyth in ballast


Above photo courtesy of Charlie Hill

Above photo courtesy of Charlie Hill