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Name: BEAVERBRAE
Type: Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/11/1927
Completed: 03/1928
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 1022
Dimensions: 9956grt, 6000nrt, 502.5 x 61.9 x 37.5ft
Engines: 6 x Steam turbines, (2 groups of HP, IP & LP), SR geared, 1581hp
Engines by: Parsons Marine Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 15.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 160386
History:
10/03/1928 Canadian Pacific Railway Co (Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd), London
25/03/1941 Sank
Comments: 25/03/1941: Bombed, burned & sank 250 miles W of the Shetland Islands
On a voyage from Liverpool to St John NB with a general cargo and mail


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