Name: | KERRY RANGE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 27/11/1915 |
Completed: | 02/1916 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 225 |
Dimensions: | 5856grt, 3798nrt, 400.0 x 52.0 x 35.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 43 & 73 x 48ins), 535nhp |
Engines by: | Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 137494 |
History: | |
10/02/1916 | Neptune Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Furness, Withy & Co Ltd), Liverpool |
1918 | Steam Navigation Co of Canada Ltd, Montreal |
1920 | Renamed BLOSSOM HEATH |
1925 | Yugoslavenska Americaniska Plovidba ad, Dubrovnik |
1925 | Renamed VOJVODA PUTNIK |
1928 | Yugoslavenski Lloyd dd, Dubrovnik |
08/03/1943 | Sank |
Comments: | 08/03/1943: Abandoned with a damaged rudder, then |
torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U591, 490 miles SW of Reykjavik | |
On a voyage from Bahia Blanca via New York to Loch Ewe and London |
Above photo as VOJVODA PUTNIK is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as VOJVODA PUTNIK is courtesy of Photoship