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Name: LOUISIANA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/04/1896
Completed: 07/1896
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 641
Dimensions: 3015grt, 1946nrt, 320.0 x 46.0 x 23.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 280nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
07/1896 Det Forenede D/S, Copenhagen
18/04/1917 Sank
Comments: 18/04/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC45, 20 miles NE of Rattray Head
On a voyage from North Shields to Boston with wood pulp and general cargo


Above photo copyright of the Danish Maritime Museum - Elsinore