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Name: FITZCLARENCE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 04/01/1897
Completed: 02/1897
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 109
Dimensions: 4034grt, 2589nrt, 365.0 x 47.0 x 27.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 43 & 72 x 45ins), 329nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 106058
History:
02/1897 Burrell & Son, Glasgow
1899 T Ronaldson & Co Ltd, Glasgow
1904 Lancefield Steam Shipping Co Ltd (J Black & Co), Glasgow
1912 Fratelli Bianchi, Genoa; renamed SEBASTIANO
09/08/1916 Sank
Comments: 09/08/1916: Sank after being captured and shelled by U-Boat U35 about
50 miles east of Cabo de Creus on a voyage from New York to Genoa with flour.