Lamport & Holt Lamport & Holts'  S.S. "Voltaire" 1  
       
  Built: D & W Henderson & Co. Ltd., Glasgow   
Dimensions: 485.3 x 58.2 x 34.1 feet
  Tonnage: Gross: 8406  Net: 5500  
  Propulsion: Single Screw Triple Expansion Steam Engine producing 460 nhp  
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  Launched: 31/01/1907  
  Maiden voyage: 28/03/1907 - Middlesbrough-Liverpool-Buenos Aires.  
  Lost: 2/12/1916 to enemy action by the German raider Möwe (ex-Pungo), 650 miles west of Fasnet. Möwe left Kiel on her second cruise on November 23rd and Voltaire was her first sinking out of 25 ships.  
     
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  German Postcard of Voltaire  C1912 - Fraser Darrah Collection  
     
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  Lamport & Holt Lines Postcard - Main Deck Voltaire - Fraser Darrah Collection  
     
  Link: Hochseeflotte S.M.S Möwe  
     
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  Updated: 01-09-2005