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Name: EUPHRATES
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/10/1901
Completed: 12/1901
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 715
Dimensions: 2809grt, 1793nrt, 300.0 x 43.7 x 16.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (22.5, 36.5 & 61 x 42ins), 280nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 114805
History:
1901 Bucknall Steamship Lines Ltd (Bucknall Bros), London
1906 Cie Nationale Belge de Transports Maritimes (A Deppe), Antwerp
22/01/1917 Sank
Comments: 22/01/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U57, 240 miles SWxW of Fastnet
On a voyage from Rotterdam to Galveston in ballast


Above photo as EUPHRATES courtesy of Clive Ketley