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Name: OSMANIEH
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 09/05/1906
Completed: 08/1906
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 761
Dimensions: 4041grt, 1657nrt, 360.2 x 45.2 x 16.2ft
Engines: 2 x T4cyl (27, 44 & 50, 50 x 42ins), 1300nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 17.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 123690
History:
08/1906 Khedivial Mail Steamship & Graving Dock Co Ltd, London
05/1916 Admiralty
31/12/1917 Sank
Comments: Accommodation for 144 x 1st Class & 76 x 2nd Class passengers
05/1916: Requisitioned by The Admiralty as a fleet messenger
31/12/1917: Mined & sunk at the entrance to Alexandria
Mine laid previous day by U-Boat UC34. 199 people died.


Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Jarrow Express, Friday, 11/05/1906