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Name: NEW PIONEER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 26/10/1905
Completed: 12/1905
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 145
Dimensions: 722grt, 320nrt, 193.0 x 29.6 x 12.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (16, 27 & 44 x 30ins), 97nhp
Engines by: MacColl & Pollock, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 119596
History:
12/1905 Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd, Manchester
1939 Em A Karavias (Petros M Nomikos), Panama; renamed ASSIMI
1940 Mme. AE Karavias, Piraeus
23/04/1941 Sank
Comments: 23/04/1941: Sank during a German air attack at Krioneri


Above photo as ASSIMI copyright of Paul Silverstone