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Name: FRELAND
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 02/04/1912
Completed: 05/1912
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 193
Dimensions: 4194grt, 2707nrt, 370.1 x 50.9 x 26.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 372nhp
Engines by: Richardson, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 132718
History:
15/05/1912 The Noreuro Traders Ltd (JF Drughorn), London
1915 Frinton Steamship Co Ltd (Mango & Co), London; renamed FRINTON
19/03/1917 Sank
Comments: 19/03/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U81, 320 miles WxN of Ouessant
On a voyage from Cartagena for the Tees with a cargo of iron ore


Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 21/05/1912