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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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