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Name: ORANJE PRINCE
Type: Tanker
Launched: 04/11/1889
Completed: 12/1889
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 557
Dimensions: 1931grt, 1220nrt, 260.0 x 36.0 x 25.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 36ins), 156nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 96166
History:
12/1889 James Knott, Newcastle
1895 Prince Line Ltd (James Knott), Newcastle
1907 A/S Helios (Haakon Hauan), Tønsberg; renamed HELIOS
05/04/1908 Abandoned and presumed sank
Comments: 05/04/1908: Abandoned in the North Atlantic (44.17N - 39.04W) after cargo
leaked into coal bunkers on a voyage from Philadelphia to Bordeaux with crude oil