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Name: FARLEY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/09/1906
Completed: 02/1907
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 131
Dimensions: 4276grt, 2709nrt, 360.2 x 48.0 x 28.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 372nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 123795
History:
02/1907 Reliance Shipping Co Ltd (Houlder, Middleton & Co), London
1913 Mitre Shipping Co Ltd (Houlder, Middleton & Co), London
1915 Eagle Oil Transport Co Ltd, London; renamed SANTA BRIGIDA
1915 Russian Volunteer Fleet Association, Arkhangelsk; renamed TOURGAI
03/10/1916 Sank
Comments: 03/10/1916: Captured & scuttled by U-Boat U43, about 50 miles north of Murmank
On a voyage from New York to Arkhangelsk with a cargo of trucks, rails & locomotives


Shields Daily News, Thursday, 20/09/1906