Name: | DEARNE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 08/02/1909 |
Completed: | 03/1909 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 808 |
Dimensions: | 984grt, 240.2 x 34.1 x 15.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22, 36 & 61 x 39ins), 331nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 122970 |
History: | |
03/1909 | Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Co, Goole |
1914 | Government of Germany |
22/12/1915 | Sank |
Comments: | 08/1914: Detained at Hamburg, seized by Germany & used as a transport |
22/12/1915: Torpedoed & sunk by a British submarine in the North Sea |
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is courtesy of Stan Threadgould
Jarrow Express, Friday, 12/02/1909