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Name: LA FLANDRE
Type: Tanker
Launched: 28/04/1888
Completed: 07/1888
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 539
Dimensions: 2047grt, 1278nrt, 270.0 x 37.7 x 25.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (20, 34 & 55 x 36ins), 181nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 96132
History:
07/1888 HF Swan, Newcastle
1889 F Speth & Co, Antwerp
1891 American Petroleum Co, Rotterdam
21/02/1916 Sank
Comments: 21/02/1916: Sank after being mined off Galloper Light Vessel
on a voyage from New York to Rotterdam with a cargo of petroleum