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Name: USKMOOR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/04/1900
Completed: 05/1900
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 346
Dimensions: 3587grt, 2306nrt, 341.6 x 46.7 x 26.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 65 x 45ins), 294nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 112709
History:
05/1900 Moor Line Ltd (W Runciman & Co), London
1911 European & Brazilian Shipping Co Ltd (Petersen & Co), London
1911 Renamed RIO TETE
1913 Paolo Viale fu GB, Genoa; renamed SILVIA
09/07/1918 Sank
Comments: 09/07/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U91 off Cape Spartel
On a voyage from Baltimore to Genoa