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Name: LANGTON HALL
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/09/1905
Completed: 10/1905
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 747
Dimensions: 4437grt, 2882nrt, 377.5 x 47.5 x 28.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (23.5, 40 & 69 x 48ins), 330nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 120892
History:
10/1905 Ellerman Lines Ltd (R Alexander & Co), Liverpool
1909 Managers became Hall Line Ltd, Liverpool
30/11/1915 Sank
Comments: 30/11/1915: Sank after being captured and shelled by U-Boat U33
when 112 miles ESE of Malta in position 35.30N - 16.50E
On a voyage from Calcutta to New York with general cargo