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Reference
Date 2011
Event ID 943430
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/943430
Whittaker ID : 2639
Name : EXPRESS (EX. HEBRIDEAN)
Latitude : 584000
Longitude : 25000
Date Built : 1881
Registration : KIRKWALL
Type : SS (IRON)
Tonnage : 331
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 42
Beam : 7
Draught : 4m
Loss Day : 9
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1918
Comment : Collison and sunk off the Pentland Skerries (HMS GRENVILLE)
Cargo : GENERAL
