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Other name(s): Finistere

Ship owner: Canada Steamship Lines; Cie Generale Transatlantique; Montreal Trans. Co.

Ship builder: A. McMillan & Son, Dumbarton, Scotland

Engine builder: Muir & Houston, Scotland

Year ship built: 1908

Year engine built: 1908

Final disposition: Sank in Bristol Channel, probably by German submarine, about June 11, 1918.

Remarks:

Names:

b) Finistere (1916) (French ownership)

Owners:

1) Montreal Trans. Co., Montreal, Quebec

2) Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal, Quebec  (1913)

3)  Cia. Generale Transatlantique, Havre, France (1916)

Registry number: BR. 128218

Hull number: 424

Vessel type: Bulk Freighter

Height: 25

Width: 43

Length: 249

Stroke length: 33

Gross tonnage: 2112

Net tonnage: 1598

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Triple expansion

Piston 1: 18

Piston 2: 30

Piston 3: 48

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