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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
CLIFFORD |
119164 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1904 |
18/07/1904 |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Coaster General Cargo
| Steel Screw Steamer 3 Masts |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Robert Duncan & Co, Port Glasgow |
East Yard |
305 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
359 grt / 98 nrt / |
163.2 ft |
23.6 ft |
13.8 ft |
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Engine builder |
David Rowan & Co., Glasgow |
Engine detail |
1-screw. C2Cyl. (18.5 & 38 x 27)in. 75NHP, 500 IHP, 10 knots. One steel boiler 120 lb/sq.in.
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Mann, Macneal & Co., Glasgow - Charles Catanach Mann, manager |
Glasgow |
24/09/1904 |
Other names |
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Subsequent owner and registration history |
1912 Sold to Ford Shipping Co. Ltd, Glasgow - George Henry Macneal, manager, and registered 06/02/1912 18/04/1912 Re-registered at Glasgow following lengthening; same owner & manager. |
Vessel history |
1912 Vessel lengthened by H & C Grayson Ltd, Liverpool, at Birkenhead. Length became 163.2 ft. Tonnage became 487grt, 207 nrt. All other particulars unaltered. 08/1915 Requisitioned by The Admiralty to become a Fleet Messenger. |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1916 |
Gunfire 16/05/1916 |
Disposal Detail |
Whilst acting as a fleet messenger under the White Ensign she was shelled by U.38 and sunk in position 34.02N x 27.32E., south east of Crete |
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