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Name: FURTOR launched as CRANFORD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 20/02/1904
Completed: 05/1904
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 113
Dimensions: 2991grt, 1954nrt, 325.5 x 47.0 x 22.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 281nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 8.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 118424
History:
05/1904 RH Holman, London
1913 ER Retzlaff, Stettin; renamed EMIL
1914 Dampfs Rhederi Union, Hamburg; renamed BRAILA
1914 The Admiralty (Glover Bros), London
1915 Aquarius SS Co Ltd (Moller & Co), London; renamed AQUARIUS
1918 Zodiac Shipping Co Ltd (Moller & Co), London
1918 Watkin James Williams, Cardiff
10/11/1918 Sank
Comments: Launched as CRANFORD for RB Stoker of Manchester
08/1914: Seized by the UK on arrival at Alexandria
10/11/1918: Sank after a collision with a steamer 50 miles SW of Corfu
On a voyage from Penarth to Corfu with a cargo of coal


Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 23/02/1904