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Name: FULGENS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 24/09/1912
Completed: 11/1912
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 179
Dimensions: 2512grt, 1513nrt, 305.4 x 42.3 x 19.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 36 & 60 x 42ins), 272nhp
Engines by: John Dickinson & Sons, Sunderland - No 750
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 135155
History:
06/11/1912 Gas, Light & Coke Co, London
01/08/1915 Sank
Comments: 01/08/1915: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB10, 1 mile off Palling, Norfolk
On a voyage from Hartlepool to London with a cargo of coal
All of the crew were saved


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Above photo, showing FULGENS on the Austin's Pontoon, is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return