Name: | AMASIS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 11/12/1894 |
Completed: | 02/1895 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 323 |
Dimensions: | 2336grt, 1491nrt, 312.6 x 40.0 x 21.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22.5, 38 & 62.5 x 42ins), 276nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 102195 |
History: | |
02/1895 | Moss Steamship Co Ltd (J Moss & Co), Liverpool |
1911 | Soc Anon de Nav Sud Atlantica, Buenos Aires; renamed NOVILLO |
1916 | A/S Valberg (Rasmus Rasmussen), Copenhagen |
22/10/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 22/10/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UB57, 7 miles N of Scarborough |
On a voyage from Newcastle to Blaye with a cargo of coal |
Shetland Times, Saturday, 02/03/1895