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Name: OKEHAMPTON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 23/04/1906
Completed: 05/1906
Builder: Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 99
Dimensions: 3875grt, 2531nrt, 343.3 x 47.2 x 27.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 67 x 45ins), 311nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 123159
History:
05/1906 Okehampton Steamship Co Ltd (Manasseh Angel), Cardiff
1915 GH Mitchell & Co, London; renamed PENYLAN
1916 Hansen Brothers Ltd, London
19/10/1916 Sank
Comments: 19/10/1916: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U39, 5 miles WxN of Cape Bougaroni
On a voyage from Newport to Malta with a cargo of coal