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Name: MANISTEE
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 02/03/1904
Completed: 04/1904
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 296
Dimensions: 3869grt, 2500nrt, 350.4 x 46.1 x 29.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 46 & 75 x 48ins), 515nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 118631
History:
04/1904 Elders & Fyffes Ltd, Newcastle
26/06/1917 Sank
Comments: Completed by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
26/06/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U62, 86 miles WSW of Bishop Rock
On a voyage from New York to London carrying general cargo


Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 04/03/1904