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Name: SANSU
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 29/08/1901
Completed: 28/09/1901
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 135
Dimensions: 2495grt, 1556nrt, 325.0 x 45.1 x 19.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 37 & 61 x 42ins), 252nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 113499
History:
09/1901 British & African Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Elder, Dempster & Co), Liverpool
09/01/1908 Wrecked
Comments: 09/01/1908: Wrecked at Cess Town, Liberia
On a voyage from Addah to the UK with a cargo of palm oil & cocoa