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Name: ALIPORE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 05/05/1920
Completed: 15/07/1920
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 900
Dimensions: 5273grt, 3241nrt, 400.1 x 52.3 x 28.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 144902
History:
12/07/1920 Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co, Newcastle
30/09/1942 Sank
Comments: 30/09/1942: Shelled, torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U516, 110 mile NW of Paramaribo
On a voyage from Alexandria to New York with a cargo of chrome ore & olive oil


Above photo is copyright of the State Library of New South Wales

Jarrow Express, Friday, 07/05/1920