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Name: SALMO
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 05/03/1924
Completed: 04/1924
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1235
Dimensions: 1269grt, 621nrt, 237.7 x 35.3 x 15.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (15.25, 26 & 45 x 33ins), 214nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 147141
History:
04/1924 Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd, Hull
1940 Vichy French Government (Cie Charles le Borgne)
1940 Renamed SAINT ÉMILE
08/11/1942 Sank
Comments: 25/06/1940: Detained by Vichy French Government at Port Lyautey
08/11/1942: Sunk by scuttling at Port Lyautey
1943: Wreck broken up