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Name: MANCHESTER SPINNER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/05/1903
Completed: 07/1903
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 105
Dimensions: 4227grt, 2760nrt, 360.0 x 48.0 x 20.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 372nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 113123
History:
07/1903 Manchester Liners Ltd, Manchester
22/01/1918 Sank
Comments: 22/01/1918: Sank after being torpedoed by KuK submarine U27 when
33 miles S by E of Malta on a voyage from Java with a cargo of sugar


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