RICHARDSON, DUCK & COMPANY, THORNABY
| Name | OAKMORE |
| Type | Cargo steamship |
| Yard Number | 484 |
| Launched | 18/03/1897 |
| Completed | 05/1897 |
| Off. Number | 106854 |
| Engine builder | Blair & Co., Stockton-on-Tees |
| Engine type | T 3 cyl. |
| GRT | 4547 |
| Length (feet) | 400.3 |
| Beam (feet) | 47.1 |
| First owner | s.s. Culmore Ltd. (W. Johnston & Co. Ltd.), Liverpool. |
| History | 1899 s.s. Oranmore Ltd. (same managers) |
| 1904 Oakmore S.S. Co. Ltd. (same managers) | |
| 1911 BENGUELA, A/S Kastor (N. Bugge), Tønsberg | |
| 1915 A/S Hektor (same manager) | |
| Fate | 14/06/1917 Captured by German submarine at 42.20N, 19.00W when on voyage Avonmouth to Philadelphia in ballast. Used as a support vessel before being sunk by gunfire from U.155 off Punta Delgada at 40.22N, 26.05W on 30/06/1917. |
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