Name: | NORTHWESTERN MILLER |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 19/10/1914 |
Completed: | 03/1915 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 221 |
Dimensions: | 6504grt, 4095nrt, 419.8 x 53.4 x 36.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (29, 49 & 80 x 54ins), 682nhp |
Engines by: | Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Hartlepool |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 137431 |
History: | |
02/03/1915 | Norfolk & North American Steam Shipping Co Ltd (Furness, Withy & Co), Liverpool |
1927 | Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen; renamed AUGSBURG |
1941 | Teikoku Kisen KK, Tokyo; renamed TEIRYU MARU |
19/07/1944 | Sank |
Comments: | 19/07/1944: Torpedoed & sunk by US submarine GUARDFISH |
In position 20.07N – 118.20E about 180 miles NW of Cape Bojeador |
Above photo as AUGSBURG is courtesy of George Robinson
Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 21/10/1914