Name: | WATERLOO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 31/08/1882 |
Completed: | 08/1882 |
Builder: | John Readhead & Co |
Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 185 |
Dimensions: | 1450grt, 903nrt, 255.0 x 36.0 x 17.5ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (26.5 & 57 x 36ins), 158nhp |
Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 84868 |
History: | |
08/1882 | WDC Balls, North Shields |
1888 | WDC Balls & Son, North Shields |
1913 | Rederi A/B Ocean (H Persson & Co), Landskrona; renamed TORBJÖRN |
1924 | Rederi A/B Wallonia (M Wedlin), Helsingborg; renamed MARS |
21/12/1939 | Sank |
Comments: | 21/12/1939: Mined and sank in about 57N – 0.20E |
On a voyage from Leith to Vinga with a cargo of coal |
Above photo as TORBJÖRN copyright of the Robert Boman Collection
Above photo as MARS copyright of the Robert Boman Collection