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PRUTH (1916)

Service dates: 1918-1923

Official number: 139109

Shipping lines: MERCANTILE STEAMSHIP COMPANY; HAIN STEAMSHIP COMPANY

Ship type:


General Cargo Liner.


Career

23.09.1915
Launched.
01.1916
Completed as Pruth for the Mercantile Steam Ship Company Ltd, London.
1917
E Hain and Son appointed managers.
07.02.1918
Takeover of the Mercantile Steam Ship Company Ltd by The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company agreed.
08.11.1923
Transferred to The Hain Steamship Company Ltd.
31.12.1923
Wrecked on Natara Reef, Port Moresby whilst on a voyage from New York to New Zealand ports via Samarai and Port Moresby with general cargo.


Ship technical details (PDF)