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Name: QUEEN AMELIE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 04/08/1905
Completed: 09/1905
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 129
Dimensions: 4278grt, 2782, 372.0 x 48.0 x 20.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (24.5, 40 & 68 x 48ins), 358nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 121257
History:
09/1905 Dunlop Steamship Co Ltd (T Dunlop & Sons), Glasgow
17/09/1917 Sank
Comments: 17/09/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB62, 19 miles NNE of Muckle Flugga
On a voyage from Arkhangelsk to Dundee with a cargo of flax


Above photo purports to show QUEEN AMELIE. Photo courtesy of Photoship