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Name: NORA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 21/11/1907
Completed: 01/1908
Builder: Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 115
Dimensions: 3933grt, 2537nrt, 340.7 x 50.6 x 24.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 40 & 67 x 45ins), 314nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Lrd, Hartlepool
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 123193
History:
01/1908 Nora Steamship Co Ltd (WT Symonds, P Samuel & Co Ltd), Cardiff
1911 Manager became P Samuel & Co Ltd
1915 Universal Steam Navigation Co Ltd (P Samuel & Co Ltd), Cardiff
03/06/1918 Sank
Comments: 03/06/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB105, 250 miles SE of Malta
On a voyage from Alexandria to Bizerta in ballast


Jarrow Express, Friday, 29/11/1907