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Name: EUPHORBIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 1917
Completed: 06/1917
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 200
Dimensions: 3109grt, 1887nrt, 333.1. x 48.0 x 22.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (22.5, 36.5 & 62 x 42ins), 249nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 139880
History:
25/06/1917 Stag Line Ltd (J Robinson & Sons), North Shields
01/12/1917 Sank
Comments: 01/12/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC75, 14 miles ExS of Royal Sovereign LV
On a voyage from Bassein to London with a cargo of rice