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Name: MILLICENT KNIGHT
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 31/07/1900
Completed: 09/1900
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 348
Dimensions: 3563grt, 2302nrt, 341.6 x 46.7 x 26.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 65 x 45ins), 293nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 113532
History:
09/1900 Millicent Knight Steamship Co Ltd (W & CT Jones), Cardiff
1904 W & CT Jones Steamship Co Ltd, Cardiff
18/05/1917 Sank
Comments: 18/05/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC20, 130 miles ExS of Malta at 35.37N-17.13E
On a voyage from Cardiff to Port Said with a cargo of coal & government stores


Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 01/08/1900