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Name: BITTERN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 03/08/1912
Completed: 08/1912
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 888
Dimensions: 1797grt, 962nrt, 285.1 x 38.0 x 19.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (21.5, 34 & 56 x 42ins), 254nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 128308
History:
29/08/1912 Cork Steamship Co Ltd, Cork
20/08/1915 Sank
Comments: 20/08/1915: Captured, shelled & sunk by U-Boat U38, 50 miles NW of Ouessant
On a voyage from the Clyde to Livorno carrying coal and general cargo


Jarrow Express, Friday, 09/08/1912