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Name: ORIFLAMME
Type: Tanker
Launched: 27/04/1899
Completed: 06/1899
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 691
Dimensions: 3764grt, 2424nrt, 335.7 x 45.9 x 28.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 48ins), 284nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 110141
History:
06/1899 Desmarais Bros, London
1899 Oriflamme Steamship Co Ltd (Lane & Macandrew), London
25/11/1917 Sank
Comments: 25/11/1917: Mined & sunk 9 miles south of Nab Light Vessel
On a voyage from New York to Le Havre with a cargo of benzine
Mine was laid by U-Boat UC63 on 15/09/1917


Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 28/04/1899