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Name: ORBIT
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 17/01/1907
Completed: 02/1907
Builder: Hepple & Co Ltd
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 565
Dimensions: 198grt, 85nrt, 110.3 x 21.1 x 7.1ft
Engines: C2cyl (14.25 & 30 x 21ins), 44nhp
Engines by: Hepple & Co Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
02/1907 EN Casares, Argentina
by 1918 C Luro, Bahia Blanca, Argentina
by 1930 Soc Anon Fomente Territorial Sud Americana, Bahia Blanca, Argentina
No later history known
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