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Name: NORFOLK
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 31/01/1907
Completed: 03/1907
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 142
Dimensions: 3836grt, 2504nrt, 360.0 x 50.0 x 24.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 67 x 45ins), 323nhp
Engines by: G Clark Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 124330
History:
03/1907 Chesapeake & Ohio Steamship Co Ltd, West Hartlepool
1908 Furness, Withy & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool
1915 NE Ambatielos (Ambatielos Bros), Argostoli; renamed EFSTATHIOS
27/05/1917 Sank
Comments: 27/05/1917: Sank after being captured and shelled by U-Boat UC21 in the
Bay of Biscay, 15 miles off Cape Penas on a voyage from Baltimore to
Bordeaux with a cargo of aircraft, engines, oil and wire


Shields Daily News, Friday, 01/02/1907