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Name: LORD ROBERTS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 02/05/1901
Completed: 06/1901
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 115
Dimensions: 4166grt, 2694nrt, 370.7 x 47.0 x 20.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (26, 43 & 72 x 45ins), 382nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 113509
History:
06/1901 Irish Shipowners’ Co Ltd (T Dixon & Sons), Belfast
21/06/1917 Sank
Comments: 26/01/1917: Captured, shelled & sunk by U-Boat U62,
270 miles NWxW of Fastnet at position 53.38N 15.58W
On a voyage from Montreal to Belfast with a cargo of wheat