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Name: ROI ALBERT
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/03/1925
Completed: 04/1925
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1261
Dimensions: 2477grt, 1466nrt, 315.9 x 45.1 x 20.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 37 & 61 x 42ins), 283nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 13.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
04/1925 Ocean Soc Anon Belge d'Armement & de Navigation (L Dens & Co, managers), Antwerp
1938 Cie France-Navigation SA, Dunkirk; renamed GRAVELINES
31/05/1941 Sank
Comments: 31/05/1941: Broken in two by torpedo. Aft part scuttled. Forepart beached at Kames Bay


Above photo as GRAVELINES is courtesy of Richard Cox