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Name: MOUNT STEPHEN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/08/1908
Completed: 09/1908
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 813
Dimensions: 2181grt, 1383nrt, 250.0 x 43.0 x 22.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (20.5, 33 & 54 x 36ins), 175nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 125443
History:
09/09/1908 James Playfair, Newcastle
1910 Renamed EMPRESS OF FORT WILLIAM
1913 Empress Transportation Co of Midland Ltd (J Playfair), Newcastle
1914 Canada Steamship Lines Ltd, Newcastle
1915 Registered at Montreal
27/02/1916 Sank
Comments: 27/02/1916: Mined & sunk 2 miles south of Dover Pier
On a voyage from South Shields to Dunkerque with a cargo of coal
Mine laid the same day by U-Boat UC6


Above photo as MOUNT STEPHEN is copyright of Edward J Dowling

Above photo as EMPRESS OF FORT WILLIAM is copyright of Edward J Dowling

Above photo as EMPRESS OF FORT WILLIAM is copyright of Bowling Green State University

Above photo as EMPRESS OF FORT WILLIAM is copyright of Edward J Dowling