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Name: TRIPOLI
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/07/1890
Completed: 08/1890
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 81
Dimensions: 2627grt, 1687nrt, 300.0 x 41.0 x 19.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 38 & 61 x 42ins), 257nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 97805
History:
08/1890 EC Thin, Liverpool
1894 Steamship Tripoli Co Ltd (EC Thin), Liverpool
1906 A/S United (Sigurd Røed), Tønsberg; renamed UNIMAK
1908 Manager became AM Milberg
1909 D/S A/S Glittre (Fearnley & Eger), Christiania; renamed MYRDAL
1916 A/S Viv (CHF Jensen), Christiania
25/01/1917 Sank
Comments: 25/01/1917: Sank after being captured and scuttled by
U-Boat UC21 when 4.5 miles SW of Point de Penmarch
On a voyage from Cardiff to Genoa with a cargo of coal