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Name: LISCARD
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/07/1880
Completed: 08/1880
Builder: T & W Smith
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number: 70
Dimensions: 1943grt, 1278nrt, 285.0 x 35.0 x 23.1ft
Engines: C2cyl (36 & 68 x 42ins), 250nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 82790
History:
26/08/1880 Arthur Holland & Co, London
1893 PM Courtgi & Co, Istanbul; renamed ODISSOS
1895 Navigation à Vapeur Egée (PM Courtgi & Co), Istanbul
1912 S Spiridonou & Co (E Levantis), Piraeus; renamed THEMISTOCLIS
09/04/1917 Sank
Comments: 09/04/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC71, 98 miles SWxW from Brest
On a voyage from Cardiff to Algiers with a cargo of coal