Name: | WHITGIFT |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 15/06/1901 |
Completed: | 08/1901 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 90 |
Dimensions: | 4397grt, 2842nrt, 381.5 x 48.0 x 28.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 42 & 70 x 48ins), 376nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 114735 |
History: | |
08/1901 | Whitgift Steamship Co Ltd (Houlder, Middleton & Co), London |
1915 | Westminster Shipping Co Ltd, London |
20/04/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 20/04/1916: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U67, 60 miles SW of Ouessant |
On a voyage from Almeria to the Tyne with a cargo of ore |