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Name: STRATHMORE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 18/05/1894
Completed: 06/1894
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 103
Dimensions: 3578grt, 2276nrt, 350.0 x 43.1 x 19.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 66 x 45ins), 340nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 104524
History:
06/1894 Burrell & Son, Glasgow
1899 McLaren & McLaren, Glasgow
1903 WR Corfield & Co, Cardiff
1907 Renamed WYE
1909 Prince Line Ltd (James Knott), Newcastle; renamed ORANGE PRINCE
13/11/1915 Sank
Comments: 13/11/1915: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U34, 85 miles SWxW of Gavdo Island
On a voyage from Alexandria to Mudros with general cargo


Jarrow Express, Friday, 25/05/1894