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Name: EASTMOOR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 30/03/1922
Completed: 06/1922
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 260
Dimensions: 5812grt, 3667nrt, 399.8 x 52.9 x 32.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 51ins), 569nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 146582
History:
16/06/1922 Moor Line Ltd (W Runciman & Co Ltd, managers). London
31/03/1942 Sank
Comments: 31/03/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U71, 430 miles E of Newport News
On a voyage from Savannah to the UK carrying general cargo


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