Name: | FARADAY |
Type: | Cable Ship |
Launched: | 16/02/1923 |
Completed: | 04/1923 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 939 |
Dimensions: | 5533grt, 2639nrt, 394.3 x 48.3 x 34.6ft |
Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (21, 34 & 57 x 39ins), 530nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 147458 |
History: | |
29/03/1923 | Siemens Brothers & Co Ltd, London |
26/03/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 26/03/1941: Sank after being bombed 3 miles from St Anne's Head |
On a voyage from Falmouth to Alexandria with a cargo of submarine cable |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship