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Name: EXMOOR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/10/1901
Completed: 12/1901
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 357
Dimensions: 3561grt, 2297nrt, 341.5 x 46.7 x 25.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 65 x 45ins), 294nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 114794
History:
12/1901 Moor Line Ltd (W Runciman & Co), London
1912 European & Brazilian Shipping Co Ltd (Petersen & Co), London
1912 Renamed RIO PIRAHY
1915 London-American Maritime Trading Co Ltd (Petersen & Co), London
1916 West of England Shipping Co Ltd (Geo C Shepton), Cardiff
28/10/1916 Sank
Comments: 28/10/1916: Captured & scuttled by U-Boat U63, 60 miles S of Cape St Vincent
On a voyage from Livorno to Barry Roads in ballast


Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 17/10/1901