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SS Ultonia
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SS Ultonia was a British passenger-cargo vessel built in 1898 in Wallsend-on-Tyne by C. S. Swan & Hunter. It was sunk by a German torpedo in 1917.
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Name | SS Ultonia |
Namesake | Latin name for Ulster |
Owner | Cunard Line |
Builder | C S Swan & Hunter, Wallsend on Tyne |
Launched | 4 June 1898 |
Fate | Sunk by U-53 on 27 June 1917 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 8,845 GRT |
Length | 500 ft (152 m) |
Beam | 57.4 ft (17 m) |
Draught | 33.9 ft (10 m) |
Capacity | 675 |
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