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Name: MUSKETEER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 05/12/1907
Completed: 01/1908
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 168
Dimensions: 1283grt, 794nrt, 220.1 x 33.1 x 14.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (17, 28 & 46 x 33ins), 143nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 124286
History:
07/01/1908 Fisher-Renwick Manchester-London Steamers (1908) Ltd, Manchester
15/09/1916 Capsized and stranded
Comments: 15/09/1916: Capsized and stranded 4 miles below Tancarville in the River Seine
On a voyage from Hartlepool to Rouen with a cargo of coal


Shields Daily News, Friday, 06/12/1907