Name: | FERNSIDE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/04/1921 |
Completed: | 06/1921 |
Builder: | RB Harrison & Son Ltd |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | 1 |
Dimensions: | 269grt, 98nrt, 117.1 x 22.2 x 9.1ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (15 & 32 x 22ins), 57rhp |
Engines by: | Shields Engineering Co Ltd, North Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 144834 |
History: | |
21/06/1921 | Wear Steam Shipping Co (T Rose), Sunderland |
by 1933 | Rose Line Ltd, Sunderland |
26/02/1942 | Missing |
Comments: | 26/02/1942: Sailed from Hartlepool & presumed sunk by air attack off Banff |
On a voyage from Hartlepool to Wick with a cargo of coal | |
2007: Wreck located 4 miles off Stonehaven |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo is courtesy of Stephen Swinhoe
Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 12/04/1921