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Name Official number Flag IMO
BRUGES  131908  GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1920  20/03/1920   
Vessel type Vessel description
Passenger Ferry  Steel Steam Turbine  
Builder Yard Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank Clydebank  494 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
2949 grt / 1268 nrt / 321.6 ft  43.1 ft  17.9 ft   
Engine builder John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Engine detail
2 - Screws. 4xSteam turbines SR geared to two screw shafts. 1462NHP 

First owner First port of register Registration date
Great Eastern Railway Company, Harwich  Harwich   
Other names
 
Subsequent owner and registration history
1923 London & North Eastern Railway Company, Harwich 
Vessel history
 
Remarks
Harwich-Antwerp service. 
End year Fate / Status
1940  Air Attack 11/06/1940 
Disposal Detail
Sunk by German aircraft in an attack off Le Havre, on passage Portsmouth for Le Havre. 
 

 


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