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Name: KELVINHEAD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/10/1905
Completed: 11/1905
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 156
Dimensions: 3063grt, 1946nrt, 331.0 x 47.6 x 21.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 66 x 42ins), 292nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 121275
History:
11/1905 Glasgow Steam Shipping Co Ltd (J Black & Co), Glasgow
27/03/1917 Sank
Comments: 27/03/1917: Sank after being mined WSW of Liverpool Bar light vessel
On a voyage from the Clyde via Liverpool to Buenos Aires
Mine laid the same day by U-Boat UC65