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Name
Official number
Flag
IMO
SOMERSET
118292
GBR
Year built
Date launched
Date completed
1903
25/04/1903
Vessel type
Vessel description
Passenger / Cargo Refrigerated
Steel Screw Steamer
Builder
Yard
Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Clydebank
358
Tonnage
Length
Breadth
Depth
Draft
7010 grt / 4481 nrt /
460.5 ft
58.2 ft
31.0 ft
Engine builder
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Engine detail
2 x T3cyl (25, 42, 69 x 48in), 918nhp, 2 - Screw
First owner
First port of register
Registration date
Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London
London
Other names
Subsequent owner and registration history
Vessel history
Remarks
End year
Fate / Status
1917
Torpedoed 26/07/1917
Disposal Detail
Torpedoed by U54 in the Western Approaches, 46.09N - 09.32W on passage Buenos Aires to Le Havre with meat.
Somerset - Green Collection – State of Victoria
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Somerset - Green Collection – State of Victoria
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Somerset - Green Collection – State of Victoria
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