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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
HERO |
117706 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1903 |
02/05/1903 |
06/1903 |
Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Cargo General
| Steel Screw Steamer |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Campbeltown Shipbuilding Co, Campbeltown |
Trench Point |
72 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
1812 grt / 1164 nrt / |
272.2 ft |
40.0 ft |
20.5 ft |
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Engine builder |
David Rowan & Co., Glasgow |
Engine detail |
T3cyl (22, 36, 59 x 39in), 264nhp, 1-screw |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Bristol Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Bristol |
Bristol |
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Other names |
1917 HORSEFERRY - 1924 BROMPTON MANOR - 1926 BROMPTON MANOR MARU - 1926 TOUSSIKA - 1942 SAINT HUGUES |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
07/1917 The Gas, Light & Coke Company, London 1922 Manor Line (London) Ltd. - C.Angel & Co., Cardiff 1925 H. A. Barbey, Tongking, Cochin, China 1926 Madame Artemis Lascarides, Antoine Dallas and Leo Haiman, Galatz (under Greek flag) 1931 Mediterranean Steamship Co. Ltd., London 06/1940 Vichy French Government (seized at Casablanca 30/06/1940) |
Vessel history |
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Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1942 |
Blockship 08/11/1942 |
Disposal Detail |
08/11/1942 sunk as a blockship at Port Lyautey (now Kenitra) during the USA landings as part of Operation Torch. Wreck broken up 11/1951. |
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