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Name: FISCUS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 06/03/1928
Completed: 04/1928
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co (1927) Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 401
Dimensions: 4815grt, 2948nrt, 399.01 x 54.5 x 25.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (26, 42 & 71 x 48ins), 432nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 148298
History:
04/1928 Tempus Shipping Co Ltd (WH Seager & Co Ltd), Cardiff
18/10/1940 Sank
Comments: 18/10/1940: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat U99 in 57.29N – 11.10W
on a voyage from Three Rivers to the Clyde with a cargo of steel