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Name: PEEBLES
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 26/07/1911
Completed: 09/1911
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 189
Dimensions: 4284grt, 2732nrt, 380.0 x 49.0 x 26.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 372nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 129779
History:
19/09/1911 Sutherland Steamship Co Ltd (AM Sutherland), Newcastle
13/10/1917 Sank
Comments: 13/10/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB18, 14 miles SxE of Flamborough Head
On a voyage from the Tyne to Genoa with a cargo of coal and fire bricks


Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 19/09/1911