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Name: MILE END
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 25/05/1911
Completed: 07/1911
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 170
Dimensions: 859grt, 442nrt, 165.6 x 38.0 x 14.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (17.5, 29 & 48 x 33ins), 165nhp
Engines by: MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 132561
History:
30/06/1911 Commercial Gas Co, London
19/01/1940 Sank
Comments: 19/01/1940: Sank in Tees Bay after collision with armed trawler HMS FARADAY
On voyage London to Sunderland in ballast. 5 crew lost


Above photo is copyright of Laurence Dunn