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TERN (1875)

Service dates: 1920-1931

Official number: 73563

Shipping lines: GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY

Ship type:


General Cargo Ship.


Career

08.1875
Launched.
17.09.1875
Completed as Tern for the General Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
31.10.1920
Takeover of the General Steam Navigation Company by The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company agreed.
07.03.1931
Sunk after a collision with City of Malines at the entrance to the River Humber.


Ship technical details (PDF)