RAYLTON DIXON & COMPANY, MIDDLESBROUGH

Name GULF OF AKABA
Type Cargo
Yard Number 226
Launched 13/12/1883
Completed 02/1884
Off. Number 87400
Engine builder Blair & Co., Stockton-on-Tees
Engine type C. 2cyl.
GRT 2041
Length (feet) 275
Beam (feet) 37.8
First owner Greenock S.S. Co. Ltd., Greenock
History 1897 A/S Gulf of Akaba (Blohm & Olsen), Fredriksvaern
1898 VULCAN, D/S Vulcan (C. P. Jensen), Copenhagen
1916 NORMA, D/S Orion ((C. P. Jensen), Copenhagen
Fate 14/01/1917 captured and scuttled by UB.37 in 50.13N 02.00W on passage Valencia via Falmouth for London.

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