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Name: TOWNELEY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/06/1910
Completed: 08/1910
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 165
Dimensions: 2476grt, 1476nrt, 305.5 x 42.2 x 18.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (21.5, 35 & 58 x 39ins), 254nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 129756
History:
10/08/1910 Burnett Steamship Co Ltd (Burnett & Co), Newcastle
31/01/1918 Sank
Comments: 31/01/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U46, 18 miles NExE of Trevose Head
On a voyage from Devonport to Barry Roads in ballast