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Name: ANTIQUARY
Type: Cargo ship
Launched: 30/10/1889
Completed: 12/1889
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 32
Dimensions: 1030grt, 643nrt, 210.0 x 30.1 x 16.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (17, 28 & 46 x 30ins), 111nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 95216
History:
12/1889 Geo Gibson & Co, Leith
1901 D/S Ajax (D Torm), Helsingor; renamed AJAX
1907 Managers Svendsen & Christensen
25/12/1917 Sank
Comments: 25/12/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U104 off Audierne Bay at 47.54N 04.35W
On a voyage from Bilbao to Cardiff with a cargo of iron ore