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Name: KAMMA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 26/07/1910
Completed: 08/1910
Builder: Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd
Yard: Bill Quay
Yard Number: 167
Dimensions: 1271grt, 754nrt, 237.7 x 35.1 x 16.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (17.5, 29 & 48 x 33ins), 139nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
08/1910 A/S D/S Heimdal (M Carl), Copenhagen
01/09/1914 Sank
Comments: 01/09/1914: Sank after striking a mine 40 miles NE of the Tyne
On a voyage from Odense to Newcastle in ballast
Mine laid by SMS ALBATROSS on 26/08/1914


Lloyd's List, Thursday, 28/07/1910