Vellore:
The Vellore was a steel hulled steam powered cargo ship of 4,926 Grt. built at Russell & Co., Port Glasgow (Yard No. 564) for the Vellore Steam Ship Co., Ltd., (Gow, Harrison & Co.), Glasgow. The ship, which was launched 25 April 1907, and completed shortly thereafter, was 400 feet in length, 52 feet in beam, 27.3 feet in draught, and was propelled by triple expansion 3-cylinder engines (Rankin & Blackmore, Greenlock) providing an output of 369 nhp to a single propeller. Sister ship to the Brescia.
On 25 march 1917, the Vellore was sailing the Tyne-Alexandria route via Malta with a cargo of coal, when she was attacked, torpedoed and sunk by U-63 (Otto Schultze) approximately 20 miles Northwest-by-North of Alexandria and position 31.28N/29.37E in 400-450 meters of water. No casualties reported.
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