Name: | ALNWICK |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 06/02/1894 |
Completed: | 03/1894 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 99 |
Dimensions: | 3049grt, 1957nrt, 320.2 x 41.6 x 25.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 45ins), 287nhp |
Engines by: | J Dickinson & Sons, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 104242 |
History: | |
03/1894 | Norwick Steamship Co Ltd (Hunting & Son), Newcastle |
1910 | Ellerman Lines Ltd (Westcott & Laurence Ltd), Liverpool |
1910 | Renamed FAVONIAN |
04/08/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 04/08/1916: Captured, shelled & sunk by U-Boat U35, 24 miles SW of Planier Island |
On a voyage from India to London with general cargo |
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 07/02/1894
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 12/02/1894