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Name: SAINT CUTHBERT
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/05/1895
Completed: 09/1895
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 197
Dimensions: 4545grt, 2958nrt, 400.4 x 47.0 x 28.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 44 & 71 x 51ins), 418nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 105336
History:
09/1895 British & Foreign Steamship Co Ltd (Rankin, Gilmour & Co), Liverpool
1902 Charente Steamship Co Ltd (T & J Harrison), Liverpool; renamed CHANCELLOR
23/09/1915 Sank
Comments: 23/09/1915: Sank after being captured & shelled by U-boat U41
when 86 miles SxE of Fastnet at position 50.08N 08.17W.
On a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans carrying general cargo