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Name: HECTOR
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/06/1903
Completed: 07/1903
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 128
Dimensions: 1146grt, 695nrt, 225.5 x 32.0 x 13.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (17, 28 & 46 x 33ins), 121nhp
Engines by: J Dickinson & Sons, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
07/1903 Det Bergenske D/S, Bergen
23/05/1917 Sank
Comments: 23/05/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U88, 160 miles NE of Scarborough
On a voyage from Aalesund to Hull with a cargo of salt herring


Above photo is courtesy of Arie de Lange