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Name: MARY HORLOCK launched as WAR HORSE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 1918
Completed: 04/1919
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 211
Dimensions: 5253grt, 3249nrt, 400.0 x 52.3 x 28.4ftft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 369nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 131906
History:
04/1919 Frederick W Horlock, Harwich
1921 Horlock’s Ocean Transport Co Ltd (FW Horlock), Harwich
26/01/1924 Sank
Comments: 1918: Launched as WAR HORSE for The Shipping Controller, London
26/01/1924: Foundered 850 miles ExS from Tokyo
On a voyage from Tacoma to Kobe with a cargo of lumber