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, London as ''War Rambler''. launched on the 26 October 1917. She was built of steel and powered by a three cylinder triple expansion steam engine with a single shaft and one screw. On 15 February 1922 she caught fire and after her crew were rescued by the she was shelled and sunk by the U.S. Coast Guard, 12 nautical miles (22 km) west south west of the Sand Key Lighthouse,

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. Her owner at the time of her scuttling was Thomas Dunlop & Sons. Who had the ship refitted as a tanker.

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