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Name: KILDIN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/06/1908
Completed: 08/1908
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 158
Dimensions: 1640grt, 998nrt, 260.0 x 38.0 x 18.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 36ins), 181nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
08/1908 Archangel Mourman Steam Navigation Company, Arkhangelsk
30/07/1917 Sank
Comments: 30/07/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U94, 60 miles N of the Shetlands
On a voyage from Arkhangelsk to Lerwick with a cargo of timber


Above photo is courtesy of the Lemachko BV collection