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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
ACADIAN |
124258 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1908 |
20/02/1908 |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Cargo General
| Steel Screw Steamer |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Clyde Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Port Glasgow |
Castle Works |
278 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
2305 grt / 1457 nrt / |
248.5 ft |
43.0 ft |
14.0 ft |
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Engine builder |
Clydebank Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Clydebank |
Engine detail |
T3cyl (18, 30 & 50 - 36)in 180lb 162nhp, 1-screw |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Mutual Steamship Co Ltd. - J. W. Norcross, Glasgow / Port Colborne |
Glasgow |
28/03/1908 |
Other names |
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Subsequent owner and registration history |
1913 Canadian Interlake Line Ltd, Toronto 1914 Canada Steamship Lines Ltd, Montreal |
Vessel history |
Built for River St Lawrence and Great Lakes service. WWI: requisitioned for off-Lakes use. |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1918 |
Torpedoed 16/09/1918 |
Disposal Detail |
16/09/1918 torpedoed and sunk by UB117 when 11 miles SW by W of Trevose Head on passage Bilbao for Ayr with iron ore. |
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