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Name: LOCH TAY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 08/11/1893
Completed: 12/1893
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 676
Dimensions: 5278grt, 3416nrt, 410.0 x 49.3 x 30.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (28, 45 & 74 x 48ins), 407nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 63072
History:
12/1893 Dundee Loch Line Steam Shipping Co Ltd (Andrew Leitch), Dundee
1911 A/S Australia (C Monsen), Tønsberg
23/10/1918 Wrecked
Comments: 1911: Converted to a whale-processing vessel by Kaldnes Mekaniske Verksted, Tønsberg
1914: Converted back to a cargo ship
23/10/1918: Wrecked at Cape Juby, southern Morocco
On a voyage from La Plata, Argentina, to Europe with a cargo of wheat


Above photo is courtesy of Ulf G Gustavsen

Lloyd's List, Saturday, 11/11/1893

The New York Times, 28/02/1916
Courtesy of Ragnar Iversen