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Name: PLANET MARS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/04/1900
Completed: 06/1900
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 83
Dimensions: 4327grt, 2833nrt, 360.0 x 48.0 x 20.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (23.5, 39 & 66 x 48ins), 360nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 113368
History:
06/1900 Leyland Shipping Co Ltd (RW Leyland & Co), Liverpool
1909 Managers became JH Welsford & Co Ltd
1910 Renamed IKARIA
30/01/1915 Sank
Comments: 30/01/1915: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U20, 25 miles NW of Le Havre
On a voyage from Buenos Aires to Le Havre carrying general cargo