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Name: HUMBER ARM
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 26/01/1925
Completed: 07/1925
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 1000
Dimensions: 5758grt, 3504nrt, 424.9 x 56.3 x 28.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (28, 46 & 77 x 51ins), 620nhp
Engines by: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Elswick
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 151649
History:
04/08/1925 Newfoundland Power & Paper Utilities Corporation Ltd, St John's
1928 International Power & Paper Co of Newfoundland Ltd, St John's
1939 Bowater's Newfoundland Pulp & Paper Mills Ltd, St John's
08/07/1940 Sank
Comments: 08/07/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U99, 98 miles SW of Cork
On a voyage from Corner Brook to the Mersey with a cargo of steel, lumber & newsprint


Above photo is copyright of the State Library of New South Wales

Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 27/01/1925