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Name: MARSTONMOOR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/09/1890
Completed: 12/1890
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 264
Dimensions: 2430grt, 1567nrt, 290.4 x 40.0 x 19.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61.5 x 39ins), 234nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 98278
History:
12/1890 South Shields Steam Shipping Co Ltd (W Runciman & Co), South Shields
1897 Moor Line Ltd (W Runciman & Co), South Shields
1902 AS Vagliano, Cephalonia; renamed ATHOS ROMANOS
1907 PG Cicellis, Argostoli
1913 A Focas, Argostoli
1916 Kr Gran, Bergen; renamed RADAAS
1917 D/S Primula (Schach, Steenberg & Co), Copenhagen
21/09/1917 Sank
Comments: 21/09/1917: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat UB40 about 18 miles
West of Portland Bill Light House on a voyage from the Tyne to Bordeaux with coal.