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Name: FREDERICK KNIGHT
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 10/03/1898
Completed: 04/1898
Builder: John Readhead & Sons
Yard: West Yard, South Shields
Yard Number: 331
Dimensions: 3599grt, 2322nrt, 341.0 x 46.6 x 24.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 65 x 45ins), 293nhp
Engines by: John Readhead & Co, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 105195
History:
04/1898 Frederick Knight Steamship Co Ltd (W & CT Jones), Cardiff
1904 W & CT Jones Steamship Co Ltd, Cardiff
03/05/1917 Sank
Comments: 03/05/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U62, 115 miles NW of Fastnet
On a voyage from Norfolk (Va) to the UK with a cargo of sugar