SS Maplewood
British steamship sunk in World War I / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SS Maplewood was a British cargo steamship. She was launched on the River Tees in 1915. A U-boat sank her in the Mediterranean in 1917.
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Maplewood being torpedoed by U-35 | |
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Name | Maplewood |
Owner | Constantine & Pickering |
Port of registry | Middlesbrough |
Builder | Ropner & Sons, Stockton |
Yard number | 503 |
Launched | 10 September 1915 |
Completed | October 1915 |
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Fate | torpedoed 1917 |
General characteristics | |
Type | cargo ship |
Tonnage | 3,239 GRT, 1,911 NRT |
Length | 335.0 ft (102.1 m) |
Beam | 48.1 ft (14.7 m) |
Depth | 23.3 ft (7.1 m) |
Installed power | 278 NHP |
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