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Name: SAINT QUENTIN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 04/08/1898
Completed: 10/1898
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 236
Dimensions: 3365grt, 2170nrt, 335.0 x 48.0 x 24.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (23.5, 38.5 & 66 x 45ins), 320hp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 109473
History:
10/1898 British & Foreign Steamship Co Ltd (Rankin, Gilmour & Co), Liverpool
1913 G Tarabochia & Co, Trieste; renamed ALFA
08/1914 UK Shipping Controller, London
1915 The Admiralty; renamed POLPERRO
1916 Fisher, Alimonda & Co, London (as Crown nominees)
1921 G Tarabochia & Co, Trieste; renamed ALFA
10/1932 Broken up
Comments: 08/1914: Seized by UK at Falmouth while on a voyage from Taganrog to Bremen
1915: Requisitioned by the Admiralty
15/10/1932: Arrived at Venice for breaking up