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Ship – SS California

Ship Details

Name: SS California
Owner: Anchor Line

Further information at: en.wikipedia.org

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Notes & Comments

Info collected by Bruce Maliphant [##48059]

SurnameFirst NameRef IDFrom↓ Select ↓ToDepartureArrivalTransport
MALIPHANTCharles William46015U.S.A. U.K.11th June 1911 E19th June 1911SS California

Built by D. & W. Henderson & Co., Ltd., Glasgow.
Tonnage: 8,662.
Dimensions: 470′ x 58′.
Twin-screw, 17 knots.
Two masts and two funnels.
Torpedoed off the south-west coast of Ireland by a German submarine on February 8, 1917 with the loss of 41 lives.