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Name: HOLTYE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/07/1913
Completed: 09/1913
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 209
Dimensions: 4299grt, 2714nrt, 400.0 x 53.0 x 23.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (26.5, 44 & 72 x 48ins), 421nhp
Engines by: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 135264
History:
09/09/1913 Francis S Holland, London
1916 Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co Ltd, London; renamed CARLISLE CASTLE
14/02/1918 Sank
Comments: 14/02/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB57, 8 miles ExN of Royal Sovereign LV
On a voyage from Portland, Maine, to London with a cargo of grain, oil etc


Above photo as HOLTYE is courtesy of Photoship

Shipbuilder's model of HOLTYE is copyright of Museum of London

Newcastle Journal, Tuesday, 22/07/1913