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Name: LOUISE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/08/1875
Completed: 09/1875
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 61
Dimensions: 1060grt, 677nrt, 219.5 x 30.1 x 18.3ft
Engines: C2cyl (28 & 53 x 35.5ins), 120nhp
Engines by: Thomas Clark & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.5knots (trials)
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 72518
History:
27/09/1875 Louis JB Guèret, Cardiff
1885 Cie Générale des Bateaux à Vapeur à Helice du Nord, Dunkerque
1885 Renamed CAMBRAI
1895 Cie des Bateaux à Vapeur du Nord, Dunkerque
02/08/1918 Sank
Comments: 30/08/1883: Sank after a collision with Dutch SENIOR in the Gironde when
inward from Cardiff for Bordeaux with a cargo of coal
Subsequently salvaged, repaired & returned to service
02/08/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB-104, 2 miles E of Flamborough Head
On a voyage from Rouen to Sunderland


South Wales Daily News, Wednesday, 29/09/1875