Name: | WILEYSIKE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 12/05/1888 |
Completed: | 06/1888 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 65 |
Dimensions: | 2501grt, 1607nrt, 300.0 x 38.5 x 20.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (21, 38 & 63 x 42ins), 248nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 95248 |
History: | |
06/1888 | W Milburn & Co, Newcastle |
1896 | Rowland & Marwood’s Steamship Co Ltd (Chr Marwood), Whitby |
1906 | WS Miller & Co, Glasgow |
1916 | Wileysike Steamship Co Ltd (WS Miller & Co), Glasgow |
09/05/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 09/05/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U54 when 8 miles SW of St Ann’s Head |
On a voyage from Glasgow to France with a cargo of coal |
Above photo as WILEYSIKE courtesy of Clive Ketley