OSWESTRY  GRANGE / ROSCOMMON

OSWESTRY GRANGE WAS BUILT IN 1902 BY WORKMAN-CLARK AT BELFAST, FOR HOULDER BROTHERS. SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO THE DRAYTON GRANGE. SHE WAS A VESSEL OF SOME 6591 TONNES AND HAD A SPEED OF 13 KNOTS. SHE HAD PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION FOR TWENTY-FOUR FIRST CLASS AND FIFTEEN SECOND CLASS PASSENGERS. IN 1906 SHE WAS PART OF THE FEDERAL-HOULDER-SHIRE LINE, RUNNING DOWN TO AUSTRALIA AND PORT CHALMERS, NEW ZEALAND. IN 1912 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND AND RE-NAMED 'ROSCOMMON'. IN 1917 SHE WAS OF TORY ISLAND ( N.IRELAND ) WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK BY A TORPEDO FROM THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U.53 AND SANK.

 

 

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