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Mirlo
1917-1918 Tanker steam
Buildingyard: Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd., Sunderland
Built year: 1917
Yard no: 660
Tonnage: GRT: 6978/ NET: 4417/ TDW: 10360
Dims: LOA: 425,0/ BR: 57,0/ DR: 33,1ft
Machinery: 3-cyl tripleexp steam engine by George Clark Ltd., Sunderland
IHP: 2250
Speed: 10,0 knots
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08.11.1917: Launched.
23.06.1917: Completed. Upon war requsition placed under management by H.E. Moss & Co. (W.M. Cohan), Liverpool.
Price paid: NOK2.038.273,56
16.08.1918: Torpedoed and sunk S by East of Cape Hatteras bu the German submarine U-117. On passage from New Orleans to London with
gasoline and refined oil. Nine crewmembers lost their lives
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