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Name: HILLBROOK
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/03/1904
Completed: 06/1904
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 114
Dimensions: 3896grt, 2535nrt, 340.5 x 48.0 x 19.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 39 & 66 x 48ins), 335nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Hartlepool
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 118100
History:
06/1904 Hill Steamship Co Ltd (H Evans & Co), Liverpool
1913 Angelo Parodi fu Bmeo, Genoa; renamed GENOVA
1917 Soc Anon Ilva, Genoa
27/07/1917 Sank
Comments: 27/07/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U33, 2 miles off Portofino in the Gulf of Genoa


Shields Daily News, Monday, 21/03/1904