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Killingolme
Built in 1912 by Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. of Hull
Engines : Compound diagonal 25 and 48 in x 45 in
Length : 195 ft
508 Gross Registered Tons
Operated Humber Estuary ferry services of the Great Central Railway
Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a messenger vessel during 1916 in World War I
Acted as a platform for barrage baloons in World War II
Scrapped in 1945
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