IRVINE'S SHIPBUILDING & DRY DOCKS COMPANY LTD., WEST HARTLEPOOL

Name PERSIANA
Type Cargo ship
Yard Number 127
Launched 04/09/1902
Completed 10/1902
Off. Number 115139
Engine builder Richardson Westgarth & Co.
Engine type T. 3 cyl.
GRT 4032
Length (feet) 345.5
Beam (feet) 47.9
First owner British Maritime Trust Ltd. (Furness, Withy), West Hartlepool
History 1910 Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool
1914 RIO PARANA, London-American Maritime Trading Co. Ltd. (Petersen & Co.), London
   
Fate 24/02/1915 torpedoed by U.8 when 4nm SE of Beachy Head on passage Tyne for Porto Ferraio with coal

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