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Name: LA VIENNE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 01/06/1901
Completed: 06/1901
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 100
Dimensions: 1366grt, 814nrt, 250.0 x 37.2 x 16.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (20, 32 & 54 x 36ins), 180nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
06/1901 A D’Orbigny, Faustin et Cie, La Rochelle
1909 Cie de Navigation d’Orbigny, La Rochelle
1912 Chr Hannevig, Horten; renamed PLUTO
08/11/1914 Sank
Comments: 08/11/1914: Sank after being mined off Great Yarmouth
On a voyage from London to Christiania with barley and rye.
Mine laid by SMS STRALSUND on 03/11/1914