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Name: CASTILLIAN PRINCE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 03/01/1893
Completed: 02/1893
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 170
Dimensions: 2316grt, 1497nrt, 290.6 x 38.7 x 18.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (22.25, 36.5 & 60 x 39ins), 225nhp
Engines by: R Stephenson & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 101820
History:
02/1893 Prince Steam Shipping Co Ltd (James Knott), Newcastle
1898 Prince Line Ltd (James Knott), Newcastle
1912 Amakura Steamship Co Ltd (Booker Bros, McConnell & Co Ltd), Liverpool
1912 Renamed AMAKURA
12/06/1917 Sank
Comments: 12/06/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U94, 180 miles NW of Tory Island
On a voyage from Liverpool to Demerara with general cargo


Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 04/01/1893