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Name: BUSK
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 10/05/1906
Completed: 06/1906
Builder: Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 779
Dimensions: 367grt, 142nrt, 144.0 x 24.1 x 10.4ft
Engines: C2cyl (17 & 36 x 27ins), 85nhp
Engines by: Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 113137
History:
06/1906 J Pattinson & Son Ltd, Whitehaven
1918 McLeod SS Co Ltd (T McLeod), Hull
1924 JS Cole, Newcastle
1937 John Campbell, Irvine
1940 The Admiralty
19/02/1940 Sank
Comments: 19/02/1940: Scuttled as a blockship at Scapa Flow