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Name: HERCULE
Launched: 01/03/1907
Completed: 05/1907
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Yard Number: 247
Dimensions: 605grt, 21nrt, 158.5 x 32.1 x 16.2ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (20, 33 & 54 x 33ins), 446nhp
Engines By: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
05/1907 Cie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez, Port Said
1923 Company restyled Suez Canal Co; renamed HERCULE NO 100
1950 Company restyled Suez Canal Authority
1958 Renamed MONGID
1967 Scuttled
Comments: 1967 Scuttled at the South end of Lake Timsah, Suez Canal


Above photo as HERCULE courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo as HERCULE courtesy of David Asprey

Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 05/03/1907