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Name: SAILOR PRINCE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 18/07/1901
Completed: 09/1901
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 117
Dimensions: 3119grt, 2030nrt, 331.5 x 44.3 x 17.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 42 & 69 x 45ins), 361nhp
Engines by: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 114412
History:
09/1901 Prince Line Ltd (James Knott), Newcastle
02/10/1915 Sank
Comments: 02/10/1915: Captured, shelled & sunk by U-Boat U39, 56 miles off Cape Sidero, Crete
On a voyage from Cyprus to Leith with a cargo of locust beans


Above photo courtesy of Stuart Smith

Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox