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Name: ELMMOOR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/03/1910
Completed: 05/1910
Builder: John Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 413
Dimensions: 3744grt, 2390nrt, 347.0 x 49.1 x 25.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 42 & 68 x 45ins), 320nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 129092
History:
02/05/1910 Moor Line Ltd (W Runciman & Co), London
23/05/1917 Sank
Comments: 23/05/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC67, 36 miles ExS of Syracuse
On a voyage from Karachi to Livorno with a cargo of wheat


Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 24/03/1910