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Name: NEWMINSTER ABBEY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/08/1916
Completed: 01/1917
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 195
Dimensions: 3114grt, 1879nrt, 331.3 x 48.0 x 22.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 65 x 42ins), 274nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 133594
History:
01/1917 Fisher, Renwick & Co, Newcastle
02/02/1918 Sank
Comments: 02/02/1918: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat UB48 when 44 miles
E by N of Cape de Creus on a voyage from Genoa to Huelva with coal.