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Name: WESTMINSTER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/08/1905
Completed: 11/1905
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 743
Dimensions: 4342grt, 2764nrt, 375.5 x 47.3 x 28.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 42 & 70 x 48ins), 397nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 120634
History:
18/11/1905 Westminster Shipping Co Ltd (Sir John Jackson Ltd), London
14/12/1916 Sank
Comments: 14/12/1916: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB43, 196 miles ExS of Malta
On a voyage from Torre Annunziata, Itay, to Aden in ballast


Above photo is courtesy of George Robinson

Above photo is courtesy of George Robinson