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Name: WHITGIFT
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 15/06/1901
Completed: 08/1901
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 90
Dimensions: 4397grt, 2842nrt, 381.5 x 48.0 x 28.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (26, 42 & 70 x 48ins), 376nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 114735
History:
08/1901 Whitgift Steamship Co Ltd (Houlder, Middleton & Co), London
1915 Westminster Shipping Co Ltd, London
20/04/1916 Sank
Comments: 20/04/1916: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U67, 60 miles SW of Ouessant
On a voyage from Almeria to the Tyne with a cargo of ore