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Name: SERAK
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/10/1906
Completed: 12/1906
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 780
Dimensions: 4680grt, 2997nrt, 400.0 x 52.0 x 27.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 48ins), 478nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1906 Deutsche Dampfs Ges 'Kosmos', Hamburg
08/1914 Government of United Kingdom
1915 F Leyland & Co Ltd, Liverpool; renamed LEYSIAN
24/02/1917 Wrecked
Comments: 08/1914: Seized by the UK Government at Swansea
1915: Allocated to F Leyland & Co Ltd as Crown nominees
24/02/1917: Wrecked 7 miles south of Strumble Head Light House
On a voyage from Belfast to Cardiff in ballast