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Name: KINGSTONIAN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 06/05/1901
Completed: 09/1901
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 375
Dimensions: 6564grt, 4207nrt, 467.0 x 53.7 x 31.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (31, 52 & 86 x 60ins), 674nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 13.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 113493
History:
09/1901 Frederick Leyland & Co Ltd, Liverpool
29/04/1918 Total loss
Comments: 11/04/1918: Torpedoed by U-Boat UB68 at position 39.02N-07.10E
On a voyage from Alexandria to Marseille with troops and equipment
Beached in Carloforte Roadstead to avoid sinking
29/04/1918: While lying aground, torpedoed by U-Boat UB48 & became a total loss


Above photo courtesy of Photoship